What is recorded here

Carrowlisdooaun holds an adult and possibly an infant beneath a flat slab on its east side, waiting beside fire ashes and a bronze axe. The barrow kept those small bones and flint tools through centuries of rain and forgetting. When the ground finally opened in 1934, it gave back enough to show that people had lived, buried their dead and marked the place for others to remember.

Found on excavation of barrow (MA100-071001-), in 1934. Traces of a fire and ashes were found on the old ground surface. Tiny fragments of bone, covered by a small flat slab, were found on the E side. They represented an adult burial and possibly that of an infant. Finds included a number of flint scrapers, a bronze axe, pot sherds and a flint point (JRSAI 1935, 75-82). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 16. Date of upload: 5 December 2012

A Neolithic burial within a barrow, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early funerary practices and cremation in the region.

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