Barrow in Lissygreaghan, County Roscommon

What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 10m), and situated on a slight N-S esker ridge. Subcircular earthen mound with deciduous trees (diam. of base 16.7m WNW-ESE; 15m NNE-SSW; H 1m N-E to 1.5m at S) with a gently rounded summit (dims 9.3m WNW-ESE; 8m NNE-SSW). Cashels (RO048-094----; RO048-095----) are c. 160m to the ENE and c. 70m to the S respectively.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO048-093

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Engraving by Johannes Tangena. Leyden: Johannes Tangena, Print en Bockverkooper 1691., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Christopher Hilton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Christophe Krief, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sgbrito at Portuguese Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Pat Byrne, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

Embanked enclosureFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 589 yd