Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Breeoge, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Breeoge
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.24088, -8.54188
- SMR number
- SL020-020----
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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, 322-3, no. 7) describes this as follows: ‘The total diameter of this barrow, sited on a glacial ridge, is 24m. The central area is 9m in diameter and is 80cm above the surrounding field. The central area is surrounded by a bank 2.90m wide and varies in height from 50cm to 75 cm. This is enclosed by a complete fosse, 2.60m wide, the bottom of which is 30cm below the surrounding field. The complete enclosing bank is 2.10m wide and 45cm high and it contains stones in its make-up. Burenhult (1980:1, 94) lists this as Structure 25, Knocknahur North, recte Breeoge. It is within Phosphate Field XIV Only very small increases of phosphate values were recorded (Burenhult 1980:1, 105).’
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 28 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.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.