What is recorded here
Located on a low rise on the SW-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking the NW-SE section of the River Shannon between Lough Tap to the NW and Lough Boderg to the SE. This is an overgrown circular earthen platform (int. diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (at E: int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m), with traces of a fosse SE-SW. The original entrance is not identified.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 6 January 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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