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Some 50m to the W of Dooros burial ground (GA132-013001-). This poorly preserved almost circular flat-topped earthen mound (8m N-S; 7m E-W; H c. 0.6m) is partially obscured by overgrowth and field-clearance rubble. The Ordnance Survey Letters (O'Flanagan 1939, Vol. 2, 515) recorded that, according to local information, 'there was a friary [GA132-013003-] near the graveyard situated at the mound of earth which lies partially effaced in an adjacent field'; the 'mound' referred to may be this barrow, but no visible trace of any building was noted. According to local tradition, burials marked by small headstones existed here. However, no visible surface trace of any survives. Possibly a barrow that was re-used as a children's burial ground.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 24 July 2019
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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