What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow (bowl-barrow) in Slane More, County Westmeath, Ireland. Surveyed in 2012, it is a poorly preserved, low-relief, sub-circular earthwork with a domed central mound measuring 14 metres north-south by 12.5 metres east-west. It is surrounded by a ditch that is practically invisible in the northwest quadrant but is roughly 2 metres wide where best preserved on the east-southeast side. The site lies on a flattish ledge 8 metres southwest of a platform-barrow, with ground falling away sharply to the south and southwest.

Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 38) as following: ‘Poorly preserved,low-‐relief, sub-circular bowl-barrow, comprising a domed central mound (Diam. 14m N-S x 12.5m E-W) surrounded by a poorly preserved ditch (practically invisible in NW quadrant) with an estimated overall diameter of 21.5m N-S x 19m E-W. Where best preserved at ESE side, ditch is roughly 2m in width, although it appears to be broader and more flattened out elsewhere; it reaches a maximum depth of 0.3m below and perpendicular to a line joining the mound to external ground level. Barrow lies on a kind of flattish ledge or low eminence 8m SW of, and slightly lower than, a platform-‐barrow (WM018-079----) in pastureland that slopes down to SW. Immediately S and SW of barrow, ground falls away sharply. Another possible prehistoric burial mound (WM018-081----) lies in field across road c. 50m to SW. Further upslope, on hilltop to NE, are three additional barrows (WM018-078----). All six sites form an approximately linear arrangement from NE to SW’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 7 April 2016

Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. It represents a common funerary monument type in the British Isles, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices.

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