Enclosure in Ballinteane, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Situated at the NE end of a roughly N-S ridge. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Partially destroyed enclosure. Remains comprise an irregularly-shaped raised area (max. dim. 20m) defined from N-E-SE by a curving scarp. At W the defining element is a disused, but probably relatively modern, linear field boundary aligned NNE-SSW. At S the defining element is a modern linear field boundary aligned ENE-WSW. No bank or fosse. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL016-067

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