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Barrow

Barrow, mound barrow

What is recorded here

On the W-facing crest of a small NW-SE ridge on a broad plateau. Circular flat-topped, grass and scrub-covered mound (diam. of top 11.3m WNW-ESE; 10.9m NNE-SSW) defined by a scarp (H 1-1.25m) with facing-stones that are most evident at SW. Barrow (RO045-048001-) is c. 75m to the SE, and rath (RO045-046----) is c. 60m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A Neolithic mound barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of early funerary monument construction in the region.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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