What is recorded here

Barrow is a circular grass-covered ring on the crest of a north-facing ridge, c. 250m N of Carnfree, in County Roscommon, Ireland. Its slight earthen bank still marks a wide shallow circle, with a standing stone at the centre and another 40m outside to the E. A rath lies c. 140m to the W, suggesting the area may have been used for more than one kind of boundary or ceremony. The shape is small enough to walk around quickly, yet large enough to stop a person mid-thought.

At the crest of the N-facing slope of an WNW-ESE ridge, c. 250m N of the broad WNW-ESE ridge of Carnfree. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m N-S; 34.5m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4-5.5m; H 0.1-0.2m), with slight traces of an internal fosse (Wth c. 7m) at S. There is no identifiable original entrance (ext. diam. c. 38m E-W). Standing stone (RO028-068003-) is at the centre, and standing stone (RO028-067----) is 40m outside the perimeter to the E. Rath (RO028-245----) is c. 140m to the W. The bank was clearly visible when Beranger drew it and its standing stone in 1779 (Wilde 1870-1, 250-1) and when Knox saw it (1914b, 351). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 6 March, 2014

Round barrow, likely Bronze Age. Its location on a prominent ridge suggests ritual or funerary significance in a prehistoric landscape.

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