Barrow

In low-lying poorly drained pasture, on the W bank of a stream. A low circular platform (22.6m N-S; c. 21m E-W) defined by a low bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) from which some stones protrude. Centrally placed on top of this platform is a smaller flat-topped platform (10.8m N-S; 11m E-W) defined by scarp (H 0.7m). On the S side of this and visible where the scarp has been eroded, is a quantity (c. 4m E-W) of heat-shattered stones in a dark soil matrix, possibly reused fulacht fia material. The barrow is slightly eroded by the adjacent stream N-NE. A holy well (SL038-120002-), cut into the perimeter of the barrow at SE, is surrounded by a cross-slab (SL038-120003-) and a millstone (SL038-120005-). (Farrelly and Keane 2002, 100-101) 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

Stepped barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its construction and central placement suggest ritual or funerary significance, though specific details remain undocumented.