Barrow

In pasture, just off the crest of a drumlin. Described as an oval mound (16.8m N-S; 13m E-W; H 2.4m), domed in profile, with a 'slight bevel' towards the bottom at the E edge; faint traces of a fosse (Wth 1m) were noted along the E arc and where the grass cover had been removed the mound appeared to be composed of clay (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). A rath (SL038-058----) lies c. 50m to NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). It represents a significant funerary monument type associated with early burial practices and social organisation in the British Isles.