What is recorded here
Barrow is a barrow, ditch barrow in Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands in a fold on the north-facing slope of Rathcroghan, seventy metres east of Rathscreg barrow. A grass-covered mound with a seven-point-six-metre base and slight ditch traces marks the site. Another ditch barrow lies twenty metres west, while Flanagan's Fort barrow appears one hundred metres east-southeast.
In a fold on the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan, c. 70m E of Rathscreg barrow (RO022-056035-). Circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 7.6m; H 0.1m) defined by slight traces of a fosse (Wth 1.6m; D 0.05m). Ditch-barrow (RO022-056036-) is c. 20m to the W, and the Flanagan's Fort barrow (RO022-056038-) is c. 100m to the ESE. ( Herity 1983, 131; 1984, 129, Toberrory 9; Waddell 1983, 39, No.41; 1988, 10)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Ditch barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It is part of the Rathcroghan complex, a significant archaeological landscape associated with early Irish kingship and ritual.
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