Enclosure in Cloonamahan, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a slight rise. Indicated only on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as an arc of bank (C c. 20m) S-NW, possibly the remains of a circular enclosure. It is not visible at ground level. A road has been built in the vicinity of the enclosure. A rath (SL026-077----) lies c. 80m to E. 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).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL026-076

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