What is recorded here
Barrow is a barrow, mound barrow in Knockadrehid, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on top of a drumlin as a circular grass-covered earthen mound, measuring 21 metres across and 1.5 to 1.8 metres high. A rath lies approximately 100 metres to the east, while the mound itself shows visible poaching across its surface.
On top of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered but poached earthen mound (diam. 21m; H 1.5-1.8m). Rath (RO003-001----) is c. 100m to the E.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Mound barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location on a drumlin suggests a strategic or ceremonial significance in the landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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