Barrow

In pasture, at the SW end of a low ridge. A low roughly circular flat-topped mound (overall diam. 23m N-S; 25.7m E-W; diam. at top: c. 12m N-S; c. 14m E-W; H 1.25m) with broadly sloping sides. A trackway truncates the mound along the S edge. 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. This type of burial monument is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and social organization in prehistoric Ireland.