Barrow

In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. A raised circular area (int. diam. 8.3m N-S; 8.9m E-W) with a concave interior defined by a rim (int. H 1m; max. ext. H 1.8m). A single tree grows on the S perimeter. Listed by Farrelly and Keane (2002, 98). 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

A Neolithic embanked barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of early prehistoric funerary monument in the region.