What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow, ring-barrow in Glenballythomas, County Roscommon, Ireland. It sits on a south-facing slope of the Rathcroghan plateau between slight north-south ridges. Two other ring-barrow marks lie twenty metres north-northwest and ten metres south-southeast, while a rath mark stands ninety metres north. The small mound measures about three metres across on an aerial photograph but disappears beneath pasture at ground level.

On a S-facing slope of Rathcroghan plateau with slight N-S ridges to the E and W. Visible on an aerial photograph and described as a small mound (diam. c. 3m) (SMR file). It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Ring-barrow (RO022-057074-) is c. 20m to the NNW, and ring-barrow (RO022-057076-) is c. 10m to the SSE. Rath (RO022-057022-) is c. 90m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its location within the Rathcroghan plateau, a significant archaeological landscape, suggests a possible association with funerary or ritual practices of the period.

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