Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - embanked barrow
Rathdoony Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdoony Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.10763, -8.51624
- SMR number
- SL033-203----
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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 pasture, on top of a natural rise. A circular area (diam. 3.4m) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.3m). A slight reduction in the height of the bank along the W arc may indicate an entrance. The inner face of the bank slopes gently down towards the interior leaving only a small level central area (diam. 0.65m). There is no trace of the fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.6m) which was evident along the N arc during a previous inspection (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). Listed by Farrelly and Keane (2002, 98).
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.