What is recorded here
On a ridge. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 30m NNW-SSE) with a straight N side (L c. 25m E-W) on the S side of a field boundary. It is not visible at ground level.
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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