What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow, mound barrow in Cartroncaran, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on a rise above a broad plateau and holds a circular grass mound beside a low rectangular platform shaped by a surrounding scarp. Rath RO016-055---- stands about sixty metres to the north, while the barrow itself appears only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map.

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise on a broad plateau. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 4.5m; H 0.6m) at the centre of a low subrectangular grass-covered platform (dims 18.5m NW-SE; 10.1m NE-SW at NW to 12.5m NE-SW at SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.45m at NW to 1.25m at SE) on all sides except the SW where it merges into the ground. The platform may be a result of land reclamation stopping short of the barrow. Rath (RO016-055----) is c. 60m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its central position within a subrectangular platform suggests ritual or ceremonial significance, typical of funerary monuments in this period.

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