What is recorded here
In pasture, on top of a narrow ridge on Inch Island in Lough Gara. A rectangular area (int. dims. 9m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.4-0.9m) on the E and W sides and by a scarp (H 0.9m) on the N and S sides. The interior is level and has some overgrowth of thistles and ragworth. Low earthen mounds at the E side of the interior appear to be the result of digging. A rath (SL047-005001-) lies 4m to W.
In pasture, on top of a narrow ridge on Inch Island in Lough Gara. A rectangular area (int. dims. 9m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.4-0.9m) on the E and W sides and by a scarp (H 0.9m) on the N and S sides. The interior is level and has some overgrowth of thistles and ragworth. Low earthen mounds at the E side of the interior appear to be the result of digging. A rath (SL047-005001-) lies…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL047-005002
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4073628.jpg/250px-Castles_of_Connacht,_Moygara,_Sligo_(1)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4073628.jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Moygara CastleCastle · 2.4 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4073636.jpg/250px-Castles_of_Connacht,_Moygara,_Sligo_(2)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4073636.jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Moygara Castle (in Ruins)Bawn · 2.4 mi
Redhill HouseHunting/fishing lodge · 2.6 mi
Saint Aidan's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 2.7 mi
ToberaraghtHoly well · 3.3 mi
Curlew MountainsMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Battle of Curlew PassMajor battlefield · 5.8 miPictures: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Aiden Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY 2.5; Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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