Enclosure in Ballysumaghan

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. 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