Barrow

Situated on relatively low-lying ground, in wet pasture, with reasonably good views to N and S, townland boundary with Skeagh Beg lies immediately to S. No monument depicted at this location on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a small oval-shaped earthwork truncated at SW by a field boundary running NW-SE. Monument visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Described in 1980 as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (25m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a low scarp with slight traces of a fosse visible from NNW-N-E, and a narrow causeway (approx. Wth 1.8m; H 0.3m) at N which may indicate an original entrance. The scarp is very poorly defined and is barely traceable from SSW-W-NW, where the monument has been truncated by a modern field fence running NW-SE. A large number of field clearance stones obscure the scarp from E-SE. The fosse is very faint and poorly defined. The interior is uneven and rises irregularly from the perimeter towards a long central mound-like rise. There are a number of small, shallow depressions and loose stones on the surface of the interior, which are due to disturbance. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 19 December 2018