What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow, mound barrow in Muckduff, County Sligo, Ireland. Discovered in 1934 and examined by NMI personnel, the low circular mound measured 8.9m across and 0.5m high, composed of reddish clay and sand with traces of burning. Beneath the mound at 0.7m depth lay a slab-lined grave, 2m long, 0.5m wide and 0.5m deep, where the landowner later found an earthenware vessel and crumbled bone.

This monument was discovered in Muckduff townland in 1934, and it was examined by NMI personnel. It consisted of a low circular mound (diam 8.9m; H 0.5m) composed of reddish clay and sand, with traces of burning. Beneath the mound, at a depth of 0.7m below the top, there was a slab-lined grave (L 2m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.5). When the landowner removed the covering stones, he found 'an earthenware vessel and also some crumbled bone.' (Raftery 1941, 302) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

A Neolithic mound barrow; significant as a burial monument indicating early agricultural settlement in the Muckduff area.

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