
What is recorded here
In pasture, on the SW-facing slope of a low rise. A subrectangular area (16m N-S; 20.5m E-W) defined on the N side by a linear earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.1m), on the E side by a continuous scarp with a shallow external fosse and on the S and W sides by a curving scarp (H 0.3m).
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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