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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, on a gentle NW-facing slope. A low circular mound (diam. c. 8.5m; H 0.4m). A ditch barrow (SL037-101----) lies c. 12m to NNE. 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
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BC). Its presence in association with a ditch barrow suggests a funerary or ritual landscape linked to early burial practices in the region.

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