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Barrow — ring-barrow in Achonry

Barrow — ring-barrow
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In pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope, immediately W of SS. Nathy and Brigid Catholic church. A circular earthen mound (diam. 8.5m; H 0.4m) with a central circular flat-bottomed depression (diam. c. 3m; D 0.5m). The mound is surrounded by a fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.2m) with an external earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; ext. H 0.4m). There are entrances at NE (Wth 2.5m) and WSW (Wth 1.8m) with causeways across the fosse. An E-W field boundary tops the bank along the S arc. A ditch barrow (SL038-012----) lies c. 250m to NE, a ring-barrow (SL038-015----) c. 420m to E and two possible barrows (SL038-013----; SL038-014----) c. 480m to NE and c. 350m to ESE respectively. 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

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