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Barrow, ditch barrow

What is recorded here

In pasture, on a S-facing slope. A circular area (17m E-W) raised 0.3m above the external ground level and enclosed by a fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.1m). 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
Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its construction reflects early communal burial practices and earthwork engineering in the region.

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Recorded monument

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