Enclosure in Riverstown, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, at the N end of a drumlin ridge. A semicircular slightly raised annexe (int. diam. 22.2m N-S; 20.6m E-W) adjoins the W side of Riverstown rath (SL039-122001-). The interior is defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL039-122002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit visible on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie
Eastern Harps GAA Club; individual photographer not named, www.easternharps.com
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