What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow, ring-barrow in Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands on a gentle south-facing slope of Rathcroghan plateau as a circular grass-covered platform with a stone-marked entrance at the northeast. The outer bank is missing in the west and northwest, while a separate earthwork lies about 120 metres to the southeast.

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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