What is recorded here

Half the ring is gone to quarrying, but the remaining earthen bank still stands on the northern slope above the Yellow River bend. Inside the grassy D-shape, rushes grow thick and the soil feels compressed, as if people once lived there before the stones were taken elsewhere. The missing north edge creates a wound in the landscape, reminding viewers that human making and human taking share the same ground.

Situated on the N-facing slope of a SE-NW spur overlooking bend of the Yellow River which is c. 80-180m distant E-N-W. This is a grass and rush-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 24m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m at E to 1.7m at S), an external fosse (Wth of top 6-6.5m; Wth of base 2-3m; ext. D 0.6m at W to 1.3m at S), and a slight outer bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.3m) only surviving SW-W. There is an entrance visible as a slight dip of the perimeter (Wth 2.5m) at E. The monument is truncated at N by an old quarry, and the defining features do not survive NW-NE. 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

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