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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. A slightly raised circular area (4m N-S; 3.95m E-W) enclosed by a shallow waterlogged fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.35m) and an external earth and stone bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.8m). 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 Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare and well-preserved example of early funerary architecture in the region.

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