Barrow

In undulating pasture, on the NE-facing slope of a low rise. A circular mound (diam. 6m; H 0.85m) surrounded by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m) with an external earthen bank (Wth c. 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) which is stony along the SW arc. The top of the mound slopes down slightly to NE. 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

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by its circular mound and surrounding fosse with an external bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary practices and social structures in prehistoric Ireland.