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Barrow

Barrow, bowl-barrow

What is recorded here

In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A subcircular earthen mound (7.5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 1.75m) with a central depression (3.7m x 4m) on top. A shallow fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.1m) is evident along the W arc of the mound and two trees grow in its N end. 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. 2500–1500 BCE). These funerary monuments are significant as they represent some of the earliest known burial practices in the region, often associated with elite or prominent individuals.

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