Earthwork in Carrickhenry, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Situated on a high point in a field in undulating countryside. Originally circular raised area (Dims. 18.5m E-W by 15m N-S). It has a sloping inerior and is truncated by a field boundary.There are no indications of a bank, ditch or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-067

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St John’s GAA Club Sligo (official club blog publisher); individual photographer not named, stjohnsgaaclub.blogspot.com
Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sligo GAA (publisher); individual photographer not stated, sligogaa.ie
Bob Embleton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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