Barrow

In undulating pasture, in a slight natural depression on the top of a hill. There are excellent views in all directions except towards a hill at WNW. A circular raised area (15m N-S; 15m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m) NNE-W and by a scarp elsewhere. The interior is clear of overgrowth and is undulating, possibly due to quarrying; a quarry hole (4m N-S; 2m E-W; D 0.4m) is evident to N of centre. A dump of earth and stone (2m x 2m; H 0.3m) was noted against the internal face of the bank at S. A now disused field drain has been cut against the external face of the bank E-S and sections of a disused field boundary abut the external face of the bank at S and E. While there is no evidence of an internal fosse, the diameter and the location of this site suggest it is a ring-barrow. 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; significant as a rare form of early funerary monument, often associated with elite burials or ritual activity.