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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

In flat undulating pasture. A grass-covered gently sloping oval mound (dims. 41.1m x 17m; H 1.6m) which has been quarried into at W. 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. Such barrows were typically used as burial monuments and represent some of the earliest forms of ceremonial earthworks in the British Isles.

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Recorded monument

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