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Enclosure in Carrigans Upper

Enclosure
Enclosure in Carrigans Upper
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In pasture, on a S-facing slope and within a field system (SL033-070----). A raised D-shaped area (dims. 30m N-S) with a straight S side (L c. 55m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m). The straight side and the NW arc are incorporated into a field boundary. There is a cashel (SL033-067001-) in the adjoining field to S. 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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