Barrow

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A round-topped roughly circular earthen mound (diam. 12.5m at base; H 3.2m), partially eroded by animals and quarrying. Possible stone kerbing was noted along N and NE arcs (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). A circular enclosure (SL038-114----) lies c. 130m to E. 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. It represents a type of funerary monument associated with early burial practices in the British Isles.