Enclosure in Cloonmacduff, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, to S of the Arrow and Unshin River. An oval area (int. diam. 21.3m NE-SW; 10m NW-SE) enclosed by the base of a stone wall (T 1m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.4m) with inner and outer stone facing. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at N. 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 SL020-215

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