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Barrow — ring-barrow in Achonry

Barrow — ring-barrow
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In undulating pasture, just off the top of a low rise. A circular area (diam. 8m) surrounded by a fosse (Wth 3m; D c. 0.5m) and an external earthen bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.7m). The entrance is at E with a causeway across the fosse. The bank is overgrown with blackthorn and hawthorn bushes. This is one of five barrows in the vicinity (SL038-011----; SL038-012----; SL038-013----; SL038-014----). 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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