Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Muckduff, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckduff
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL016-072----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument was discovered in Muckduff townland in 1934, and it was examined by NMI personnel. It consisted of a low circular mound (diam 8.9m; H 0.5m) composed of reddish clay and sand, with traces of burning. Beneath the mound, at a depth of 0.7m below the top, there was a slab-lined grave (L 2m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.5). When the landowner removed the covering stones, he found 'an earthenware vessel and also some crumbled bone.' (Raftery 1941, 302)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
References
Raftery, J. 1941 Long stone cists of the Early Iron Age. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 46C, 299-315.