
What is recorded here
On level ground, on the SW-facing slopes of Muckelty Hill. A raised D-shaped area (dims. 21m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m). An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.4m) is evident all round except along the SE arc. The enclosure is densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes. A rectangular field with an adjacent building is indicated here on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
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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