Barrow

In pasture, on a NE-facing slope just below the summit of a rise. A circular mound (diam. at base: 10.4m N-S, 10.2m E-W; H 0.25m) surrounded by a fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.05m). A possible external bank is visible in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033155-6) but not at ground level. 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

Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of tomb is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Ireland.