Ecclesiastical enclosure in Cloonmacduff, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

The enclosing element is indicated as a scarp N-S on the 1913 OS 6-inch map but is not visible at ground level. According to O'Rorke (1878, 98), this is the site of a 'cashel' which surrounded a church (SL020-210001-) and graveyard (SL020-210003-) and it was used as a haggard in the early part of the 19th century. It was subsequently levelled and the stones from the enclosing wall were 'sunk underground' (ibid.).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-210002

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