What is recorded here

Barrow is a hidden ditch circle in County Roscommon, visible only from above despite sitting beside a stream and near another ancient rath. It may have marked burial, boundary or ceremony, but grass and forgetting have erased its edges. The land still holds the shape of human attention even when memory departs.

Visible as a circular feature (diam. c. 15m) defined by a fosse, probably with an outer bank that has an entrance at SE, on an aerial photographs (ACAP: V221, 117-18). Situated on a level low-lying landscape with an ESE-WNW stream or drain c. 20m to the N, it is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO010-055----) is c. 100m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its presence indicates a tradition of monumental burial in the Carrowkeel area, associated with broader passage tomb culture in northwest Ireland.

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