What is recorded here
In pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (32m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m) survives SW-SE and is stone faced in parts both on the inner and outer faces. The interior is defined by a scarp (H 1.6m) SE-SW, revetted on its upper part by large rectangular stones. The intervening dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 8m) is evident SSE-W and N-SE and is partially rock-cut. The outer bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.9m), which is evident N-E and SSE-WSW, is composed of earth along the N and E arcs and of small stones along the S arc. The interior is divided off-centre to the N by an E-W field boundary. A second field boundary exists on the line of, and replaces, the intervening fosse and the outer bank WSW-N.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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