What is recorded here

Barrow stands on an esker ridge in County Roscommon, its circular stone platform still holding a central cairn though quarrying has bitten into the south edge. In the 1950s, disturbance revealed a jar with bones, hinting that the mound marked a burial rather than a mere boundary. The missing top and broken platform suggest repeated taking, yet the kerbstones and ridge remain, preserving the shape of what was lost.

On the summit of a WNW-ESE esker ridge. Grass-covered circular stoney platform (diam. of top 10.8m E-W; H 0.3-0.8m) with a few spaced kerbstones laid circumferentially and a slight outer fosse (Wth of base 1m; D 0.1m) which is reduced to a berm (Wth 1m) at N, at the edge of the ridge. A conical cairn (diam. 3.7-4m; surviving H 0.8m) with a flush outer face is at the centre of the platform, but the top of the cairn is missing. This cairn, or the mound, might be the feature that was disturbed in the 1950s (RO047-088----) when 'a jar with bones' was discovered (NMI file). It was disturbed by quarrying more recently and the S part of the platform to the edge of the central cairn has been removed. The possible barrow (RO047-058016-) is 8m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Stepped barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction on an esker ridge suggests a strategic or ceremonial significance in the local landscape.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.