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Enclosure in Kinkillew

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Enclosure in Kinkillew is an enclosure in Kinkillew, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough grazing on a ridge and forms a raised circular area 16m across. An earthen bank encloses the space, reaches 1m externally, and drops into eroded gaps at the north and west. A rath stands 50m to the northeast.
In rough grazing, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 16m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m) is highest along the S arc. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at E and there are eroded gaps (Wth c. 3.5m) at N and W. A band of rushes (Wth 3m) may mark the line of a silted-up external fosse. A rath (SL027-068----) is c. 50m to NE. 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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