
What is recorded here
In waterlogged pasture, on top of a low drumlin ridge. A D-shaped raised area (int. dims. 17.9m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.1m) N-S and on the straight W side (L 26.5m N-S) by a field boundary. The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at SE. The interior slopes down 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).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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