Tumulus

Recorded by Petrie (1837, 183, No. 62) as 'A tumulus of stones and clay. Known locally as Cruckhanacurragh or the little hill of the marsh. About 180 feet in circumference and 15 feet high, the top flat or rather hollowed.' This is a grass-grown round mound measuring c. 15m in diameter and 4.50m high (Timoney 1984, 323, no. 10). It has been listed as a bowl barrow by Timoney (1984, 323) and a possible passage tomb (Ó Nualláin 1989, 91). Compiled by: Paul Walsh See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 28 January 2014

Tumulus, Barnasrahy is a Bronze Age burial mound, likely constructed during the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its size and local name suggest it was a significant ceremonial or funerary feature in its original landscape context.