Barrow

In rough grazing, close to a break of slope at the E end of a ridge. One of a group of four barrows (see SL047-048001-; SL047-048003-; SL047-048004-). A circular round-topped steep-sided mound (9.7m N-S; 9m E-W; H 1.4m) enclosed by two fosses with intervening and external banks. Stones protrude in places from the sod-covered mound. The inner fosse (Wth 2m) is evident as a shallow depression marked by rushes and irises. The intervening bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.3m) is evident as a broad low rise, difficult to discern NE-E. The external fosse (Wth 2.5m) is evident only as a slight depression marked by irises. The external bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.25m) is evident S-SW and NW-NNW, but is barely perceptible elsewhere. The external bank and fosse are overlain ENE-ESE by the external bank of the conjoined ring-barrow (SL047-048001-) and the external bank is truncated at W by a field boundary. 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). It is part of a small barrow group, indicating a local tradition of burial and commemoration in a landscape with potential wider ritual or social significance.