Enclosure in Mullaghnabreena, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a rise on a S-facing slope. An oval platform ( 22.5m N-S; 17m E-W) defined on top by a slight rim (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m). The S portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The entrance (Wth 3.2m) is at N. 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).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL026-064

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