Earthwork in Castletown, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, situated adjacent to the S shore of Sligo Bay. Not marked on the 1837 OS 6-inch map but shown on the 1913 edition as a hachured angular arc. Remains of a levelled bank (Wth. c. 4.3m; H 0.4m) can be discerned extending in an arc (C c. 60m) from NNE–S. Its original function and extent are unclear. It may be the remnants of an enclosure or of a field boundary.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL011-002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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