Mín an Laig Ring-Barrow

Situated in on a NNE-facing slope immediately above the high, steep SSW bank of the River Finn. Rough mountainous terrain. Grass-covered, dome-shaped mound of earth and stone (dims. 5.2m ENE-WSW - 4.8m NNW-SSE; H 0.25m - 0.92). It is higher and better-defined at the ESE half of the site then the WNW. There is a well-defined depression (Wth. c. 1m; D 0.6m) immediately WNW of centre. The mound is encircled by a well-defined, flat-bottomed, steep-sided fosse (Wth. 1.25m - 1.5m). At the outer lip of the fosse is a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth. 1.4m - 2.1m; H above fosse 0.65m - 1.2m; H above ext. ground level 0.3m - 0.55m). The site is divided into unequal portions by a modern E-W post-and-wire fence. The much larger portion lies to the N of this. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 19 May 2010

A Neolithic ring-barrow; its location near the River Finn suggests it may be part of a broader funerary or ritual landscape in a challenging upland environment.