What is recorded here

Enclosure in Inch Island is an enclosure in Inch Island, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a narrow ridge in Lough Gara pasture and measures 9 metres north-south by 22 metres east-west. Earthen banks border the east and west sides while scarps define the north and south edges. Thistles and ragworth cover the level interior, where low mounds near the east side suggest digging.

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. 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

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