What is recorded here
On a gentle S-facing slope of Rathcroghan plateau. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of base 12.7m N-S; diam. of top 8.3m N-S; H 0.2m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.6-6.2m; D 0.4m) and outer bank (Wth 3.5-3.7m; ext. H 0.3-0.4m), which is missing W-NW and which has a stone-marked entrance (Wth 1.5m) at NE (max. ext. diam. 23.4m N-S). Earthwork (RO022-057028-) is c. 120m to the SE. (Knox 1914a, 35 Ring No. 2; Herity 1983, 132; 1984, 113, Glenballythomas 15; Waddell 1983, 33, No. 22; 1988, 10)
This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 473
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Round barrow, likely Bronze Age. Its location within the Rathcroghan plateau suggests potential ritual or elite burial significance, as this area is associated with early royal or ceremonial sites in the northwest of Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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