What is recorded here
In pasture, on top of a low rise on a slight SE-facing slope. Views are good to excellent in all directions. A roughly circular area (7.5m N-S; 8m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.75m; Wth 1.3m at top). Large limestone stones (diam. c. 0.4m) occur frequently in the bank material. The interior is level and flush with the external ground surface.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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