What is recorded here

In pasture, on the highest point of a bog-island. A circular level area (diam. c. 10m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.15m). A possible external bank, visible in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033069-70) E-S, is not visible at ground level. The barrow is heavily poached by cattle. 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; its location on a raised bog-island suggests ceremonial or funerary significance, typical of early burial practices in Ireland.

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