Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - bowl-barrow
Tobernaveen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobernaveen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.26067, -8.51127
- SMR number
- SL014-108----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Timoney (1984, 323, no. 11) describes this as follows: 'The diameter of the this circular bowl-barrow, sited on flat ground, is 6m and it is 1.25m in height. The small flat top is included to the south. There no evidence for a bank or fosse.' (Bergh 1995, 185, Carrowmore 11A with references)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 27 January 2014
References
Timoney, M.A. 1984 Earthen burial sites on the Carrowmore peninsula, Co. Sligo. In G. Burenhult, The archaeology of Carrowmore. Stockholm, 319-25.
Bergh, S. 1995 Landscape of the monuments. Stockholm. Bureau for Archaeological Excavation.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.