Enclosure SL027-048---- in Ballysumaghan

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a S-facing slope just below the summit of a ridge. A circular area (diam. c. 17m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.5m) and an external fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.7m) with gently sloping sides. The bank and fosse are truncated SSE-SSW by a field boundary. The enclosure is overgrown with gorse bushes.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL027-048

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Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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Shamrock Gaels GAA Club official website; individual photographer not stated, shamrockgaels.com
St John's GAA Club Sligo; individual photographer not stated, stjohnsgaaclub.blogspot.com

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