The barrow furthest from the road, elegantly domed with a well defined ditch, amazingly it’s not recorded in the os map despite its prominence!
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Joseph Moran
St. Galligan’s Cairn is located in Kilgalligan Cemetery near Carrowteige. Tradition was that locals tried to be buried near the saints grave, hence the headstone on the side of the cairn!
-Mayo North Tourism, Ireland.
The Barrow is roughly 3.5-4.5 meters high by eye, and 18 meters in diameter.
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This large barrow is located in an early christian cemetary, it is said that St. Galligan is buried there, very intriguing.
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A clearer shot of the barrow.
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A view of this enigmatic barrow from the southeast. One of the christian headstones is clearly visable on the barrow’s side.
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From the O.S. Map:
SL016-051---- : Barrow – bowl-barrow : SCURMORE
Description: Situated atop a low ridge in pasture. Circular, steep-sided mound of earth and stone (diam. at base c. 2 1m; H 2.8m). At the top of the mound is a small irregularly-shaped, almost level area (dims. 5.1m NNE-SSW; 4.2m WNW-ESE). The mound is encircled by a wide, deep fosse (Wth 3.8m) which has a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth. 6.5m; max. H 1m) at its outer lip. On the OS 1912 edition of the OS 25-inch map are five irregularly-shaped, recumbent boulders with the collective designation ‘Standing Stones (Called the Children of the Mermaid)’. A sixth was identified during the site visit. A seventh is recorded in a legend, much of which is based at the site, which was recorded by Wood-Martin (1887-8, 290). There is no evidence that any of the boulders were ever in an upright position.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O’Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Six-Inch First edition: Scurmore Moat
Six-Inch Latest edition: Scurmore Mote
ITM Coordinates: 527276 , 827674
Latitude and Longitude: 54.192838 , -9.114385
A very well preserved site of this kind!
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A close up on the 2.8 meter tall beautifully domed mound.
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A wide angle shot of the very well preserved bowl barrow.
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Another angle of he barrow, it would be very interesting to see in person.
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A view of the “mound barrow”. It’s a very scenic spot, reminiscent of how Achilles’ barrow is described in the Iliad.
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A map of the cemetery. The three main barrows are followed by several smaller migration era and Viking age barrows.
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A view of Odin’s barrow, with the Thing mound in the background, from the top of Thor’s barrow.
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A shot of the three main mounds of the lat Iron Age cemetery. In order from right to left we see Freyr’s barrow, Thor’s barrow, and Odin’s barrow. Picture taken July 2025.
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A new carved trig point replaced the old crumbling one in 2023 for “Brigid 1500”. The carving includes an effigy of saint Brigid and the Goddess Bríd.
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One of the circle stones with a (possibly natural) ridge
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The top of the “Alter” stone, it has two bisecting ridges forming a cross shape (almost like the contemporary solar cross engraved sun discs of the Bell Beaker culture). In each of the four quadrants that the ridges form there are oddly shaped cup-marks.
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A view of the circle from the path leading on from the (now closed) entrance.
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Very overgrown mound/bowl barrow, would be interesting to see in person.
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Barrow appears to be destroyed, only cropmarks remain.
This barrow is located at the top of the hill which was the site of the iconic “They’ll never take our freedom!” scene from Mel Gibson’s ‘Braveheart’ 1995, for which the hill gets its name.
The barrow itself is inaccessable being on private land, but luckily it is adjacent to the road which is genrerlally quite quiet, with ample pull in spots. Quite easy to get to if you want to snap some pics yourself!
The iconic shot of the “They will never take our freedom!” scene from Barveheart contrasted with a more modern shot of the hill.
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A wonderful shot of the curragh of Kildare atop Braveheart hill itself!
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Another shot of the barrow with less debris.
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Described as a ditch barrow on the o.s map, in person it’s a subtle rise of earth I’d say about 1m in height and 10-15 in diameter.
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A shot from the barrows edge on the roadside.
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Love the aesthetics of this barrow!
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A beautifully domed round barrow, slightly eroded by the adjacent road.
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At Athgraney
Between Donard and Hollywood village, by Hollywood Glen Rd on the lands of Mr Mc Cormack is a circle of Piper’s Stones. Close to these on the north is a large granite boulder with a channel or groove cut north to south crossed in the center by another channel from east to west. This is supposed to be a sacrificial stone. “The Pipers played and the young ladies danced so merrily that fire came from somewhere and burned them ( Pipers and Dances) all up”.
(Told to me by Mrs Toomey who lived close by in a farmers house with her husband) P.S. The Blood of the Victim was supposed to flow north, south, east and west. The offerer was to face the rising sun
This extract is from Duchas.ie, the schools collection, Donard school co. Wicklow, collected by T. Moynihan
The barrow is accessible through the lane which leads to the water plant situated beside it. There is a sign on the gate of the lane saying no unauthorised entry past this point, but don’t be fooled that only refers to the fenced off fields of the surrounding farm, not the lane itself.
A view of the barrow with Lough Owel in the background.
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A view of the 5.5 meter high barrow, from the south west, as one enters the lane which leads to the barrow.
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The prime barrow of the cluster stands imposingly over the beautiful Westmeath landscape! Sadly couldn’t get up to the actual cemetery, but still a great view!
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In very good condition considering its proximity to Dublin.
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The site is breathtaking in person, standing at a height of 5.4-7.2m, it is an imposing spectre on the Tipperary landscape. The matter of the mound’s nature is up for debate; weather it is neolithic in origin, as claimed on the information board found at the site, or a later round-barrow from the bronze age (the camp I happen to find myself in), as according to the national monuments service, it will always stand out as one of the most impressive antiquities of rural Tipperary.
A nice view of the mound/barrow quite impressive in person
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