Barrow

In pasture, on a NW-facing slope. A circular platform (7m N-S; 6.4m E-W) defined by a scarp (H c. 1.7m) SW-SE and surrounded by a fosse (Wth 8.8m) SW-SE with an external earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; ext. H 1.65m) all round. Another ring-barrow (SL038-055----) lies c. 450m to SSE. 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 ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by its circular platform, surrounding fosse, and external bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ceremonial earthworks associated with burial practices in the British Isles.