Field system in Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed)

On a terrace, on the lower NE slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains, overlooking a broad sweep of undulating lowland pasture bordering the shores of Lough Arrow. A fragmented pattern of relict field walls enclosing irregular subrectangular fields. The layout of the system is largely dictated by natural bedrock seams and terraces, mostly on a NE-SW axis. The walls are poorly preserved and survive as low sod-covered lines of stone (Wth c. 1m; H 0.3m), barely perceptible in many cases. The terrain is uneven, broken by limestone pavement and strewn with stones. Within the field system, located c. 40m WNW of the enclosure (SL040-032001-), is the poorly preserved outline of a rectangular structure (8.7m WNW-ESE; c. 5m NNE-SSW). 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