What is recorded here

Megalithic Monument (Site of) is a barrow, unclassified in Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland. The circular area measures about seven metres across and sits on a low rise in pasture. An earthen bank encloses the site, while the southern interior rises slightly to balance the sloping ground. Local tradition identifies the mound as a Giants Grave.

In pasture, on a low rise on a S-facing slope. A circular slightly raised area (int. diam. c. 7m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.55m). A small hole was recently dug in the centre and there is a small quarry immediately to SW. The S portion of the interior is raised c. 0.45m to compensate for the hillslope. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure but inadvertently named 'Megalithic Monument (Site of)' on the 1941-2 OS 6-inch map. The OS Name Books of the 1941-2 survey noted that the name applied to 'an ancient mound site of a Giants Grave' (Ó Nualláin 1989, 99, no. 26). 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 megalithic circular enclosure, possibly Neolithic in date. Its significance lies in its potential as a ceremonial or ritual site, though details remain poorly documented.

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