Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Colgagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colgagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.28327, -8.41089
- SMR number
- SL015-032----
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 slight rise, on slight N-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Circular flat-topped mound (diam. top 14m; base 18m; H 0.7) of earth with gently sloping sides. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The top of the mound undulates irregularly.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.