What is recorded here

Enclosure in Shancough (tirerrill By.) is an enclosure in Shancough (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the summit of a ridge in pasture and forms an oval raised area measuring 64 metres northwest-southeast and 32 metres northeast-southwest. A 2.75 metre high scarp defines most of this space, except a short southeastern section removed for a 6 metre diameter quarry pit. A gently sloping platform 10 to 14 metres wide surrounds the scarp base, while a separate 1.3 metre high stone-lined scarp marks the southeastern and northeastern edge of the platform.

In pasture, straddling the summit of a ridge. An oval raised area (64m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 2.75m), apart from a short section at SE where the scarp has been removed due to a small quarry pit (diam. 6m). The base of the scarp is surrounded by a gently sloping platform (Wth 10-14m) which is in turn defined by a stone-lined scarp (H 1.3m) SE-NE. Drystone field boundary walls have been constructed against the face of the outer scarp at SSE and another lies along the line of the now absent scarp NE-SE. Drystone walls abut the outer scarp at W, NNW, N, NE and SE. Known locally as a 'fort'. 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

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.