Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Achonry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06931, -8.66173
- SMR number
- SL038-006----
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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 low rise. A circular mound (diam. 4m; H 0.9m) surrounded by a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.2m) ENE-N with short stretches of an external earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; H 0.8m) evident at E, S and NW. The top of the mound is concave with a slight hollow (diam. c. 2.3m; D 0.1m) in the centre. The NE edge of the ring-barrow has been removed by quarrying. A disused field boundary extends to SW from the fosse at W. Another ring-barrow (SL038-005----) lies c. 70m to SW.
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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.