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Freestone Hill
52.6543° N, -7.1303° E
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Freestone Hill is a prehistoric burial cairn and Iron Age hillfort in County Kilkenny in Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Cairn construction
c. 2000 BCE
Excavation by Gerhard Bursu
1946
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Defensive Structures
Hillfort
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Burial Mounds
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Environmental and Natural Features
Artificial Mounds
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