What is recorded here

On a slight rise, bordering an expanse of wet pasture to WSW and within a field system (SL047-083004-). A circular steep-sided earthen mound (diam. at base 11.6m; diam. at top 6m). The S portion of the mound is highest (H 1.5m) due to a natural dip in the ground level. The top of the mound is defined by a slight rim and there is a hollow (diam. 3m) in the centre. This mound is located within a rectangular field (30m N-S; 49.5m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.4m). A mound (SL047-083005-) lies c. 400m to NE and a graveyard (SL047-083002-) c. 150m to NE. 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). Revised: P. Walsh Date of revision: 30 April 2009

A Neolithic mound barrow; significant as a rare surviving example of early funerary monument in the region.

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