What is recorded here
No visible gap in the earth, no stone marker, no owner's name. Only a rounded ridge of soil and grass, slightly higher than the field around it. The shape is clear enough to walk, measure and remember. What it marked has gone quiet. The land keeps the outline, not the story.
Situated on top of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (dims 28nm NW-SE; 25m NE-SW; int. dims 26.6m NW-SE; 23.2m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 2.5m at SW to 4.5m at NW; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7-1.4m) with some bushes, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m) E-SE. There is no visible fosse, but entrance (Wth 1.2m) is at ENE and the monument is circumscribed by a field bank SE-WSW.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
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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