Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - bowl-barrow
Breaghwy, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Breaghwy
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.37102, -8.58348
- SMR number
- SL005-069----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a broad gently-sloping hill on slight S-facing slope in pasture. Circular flat-topped mound ( diam. top 3m; diam. base 18m) of earth and rubble stone defined by a steep scarped edge (ext. H 4.35m) with an external fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.1m). The fosse is visible as enclosing the central mound SW-N.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.