Enclosure in Belladrihid, County Sligo

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In pasture, on top of a prominent ridge with excellent views in all directions. A raised roughly oval area (c. 16.5m WNW-ESE; 9.5m NNE-SSW) defined NW-ENE by a low curving bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.75m). From SE-WSW, the bank has been straightened and incorporated into a now disused field boundary wall. There are no visible remains of the enclosure to S of this field wall. A small portion of the enclosure has been destroyed at W due to the construction of a large concrete water tank and a farm building. A break (Wth 1.9m) in the bank at E may mark the original entrance. According to local information, 'passages' which emanated from this enclosure were filled with stones in the 1950s and 1960s.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-113

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