Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Rathbaun, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbaun
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.12835, -8.57030
- SMR number
- SL026-163----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In flat wet pasture, with gently rising ground to SW. Visible as an oval enclosure in an aerial photograph (OSAP 6, 4083-4). The barrow lies within a dense expanse of irises and rushes and little of it is visible at ground level. A band (Wth c. 3m) of mixed rushes and irises suggests a possible fosse enclosing a roughly circular flat area (diam. c. 20m). At NW, a slight rise (Wth 3-4m) may represent an outer bank.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.