Barrow

In pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. A raised circular area (diam. 11m; H 0.7m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2m) and an external bank (Wth 3.55m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.65m). There is a causeway across the fosse at E. Earth and stones have recently been dumped into the fosse at S. A field boundary skirts the barrow N-ESE. This is one of a group of four barrows (SL040-130001-, SL040-130002-, SL040-132----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A Neolithic ring-barrow; significant as a rare and well-preserved example of early funerary architecture in the region.