Enclosure in Carrowmorris, County Sligo

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1913 edition as a small D-shaped field. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 32m) defined from W-WNW-NW by a curve in the modern field boundary and from NNW-N-E by a low scarp (H 0.5m). The S half of the site has been levelled and there are no upstanding remains surviving. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisabble. The E-W field boundary, which divided the site into approximately equal portions, has been removed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL019-089

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