What is recorded here
Barrow is a barrow, mound barrow in Farranyharpy, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular mound sits at the east edge of a northwest-southeast ridge in rough pasture. Its centre has been quarried out, leaving a two-metre-wide ring of material around the perimeter. A rath stands twenty metres to the east-northeast.
Situated at the E edge of a NW-SE ridge in rough pasture. Remains comprise a circular mound (diam. 11.8m N-S; surviving H 0.6m) whose centre has been quarried out (D of quarry hole 1.5m) leaving a ring (Wth. 2m) of mound material around the perimeter. Probably the remains of a barrow. There is rath (SL012-093001-) c. 20m to ENE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its partial survival and central quarry hole provide insight into funerary practices and later disturbance of such monuments.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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