What is recorded here
In flat pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 1.7m) surrounded by a shallow fosse (Wth 1.3m) and an external bank (Wth 1.9m; ext. H 0.56m); some disturbance has occurred along the E arc causing bank slippage (pers. comm. J. Farrelly and M. Keane). Another ring-barrow (SL038-084----) lies c. 600m to WSW.
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
Ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. This type of burial monument is significant as it reflects early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Britain.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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