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Barrow

Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

On top of a natural rise, in wet land, c. 60m NE of the Owenbeg River. A circular area (9.75m N-S; 9.3m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.55m at top; D 0.25m). The W half of the interior is overgrown with irises. The S arc of the fosse is waterlogged. 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
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location on a natural rise suggests it was a prominent funerary or ceremonial feature in a wetland landscape.

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