Barrow

In gently undulating pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. A large roughly circular dome-shaped mound (36m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a fosse and an external earthen bank. The fosse (Wth 4.1m at base; Wth 8.95m at top) is evident all round and is densely overgrown and inaccessible E-W. The bank (int. H 0.85m to base of fosse; ext. H 1.1m) is evident all round, is incorporated into the field boundary system SE-SW and is densely overgrown and inaccessible E-W. The apex of the domed mound is slightly off-centre to S and is 4.1m higher than the top of the fosse. A disused quarry is situated outside the bank at NNE. This barrow appears to be formed around a natural hillock that has been modified to create a large earthwork. A ring-barrow (SL033-048----) lies c. 60m to SW and another (SL033-199----) c. 150m to SW. 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, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE). This type of burial monument is significant as an early form of round barrow, often associated with single inhumation burials and reflecting early ritual practices in the British Isles.