What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow, ring-barrow in Carrigeens (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It stands on a lawn in the rear garden of a dwelling immediately east of a megalithic tomb. The central mound and outer bank appear as a slight rise above the grass, with the western edge fading into the ground beside the tomb remains.

Situated on a lawn in the rear garden of a dwelling. The ring-barrow stands immediately E of the remains of a megalithic tomb (SL007-040001-). It measures c. 6.5-7m in diameter. The central mound (diam. c. 3m) and outer-bank (Wth 1-1.2m) are visible as a slight rise (0.1-0.15m) above the surface of the lawn. The outer element of the bank at W fades into a slight rise in ground surface where it borders the remains of the megalithic tomb. SL007-040002-_01.pdf Plan of ringbarrow SL007-040002-_01.JPG Ringbarrow viewed from W SL007-040002-_01.JPG Ringbarrow viewed from SE, outer bank visible as yellowish grass, with possible megalithic tomb (SL007-040001-) on W edge. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 April 2012

A Neolithic ring-barrow, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, associated with early megalithic funerary practices; its location near a megalithic tomb suggests a significant ritual or burial landscape.

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