Enclosure in Mullaghgar, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Situated on slight rise in the angle between a public road to the S and a laneway to the E, in gently undulating pasture. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The monumentis densely overgrown and only accessible at the NE edge. Roughly circular area (diam. c.30m) enclosed where accessible by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.1m; H 0.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Where accessible the bank has been heavily disturbed by quarrying. The original entrance is not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL015-076

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