
What is recorded here
In rough pasture, on level wet ground c. 100m S of a stream. A raised oval area (28m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) NW-SW and by a gentle scarp (H 0.3m) SW-NW. An external fosse is evident as a band of wet ground (Wth 4m) NW-SW. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.8m) at E. A wedge-shaped field (25m N-S; 19m E-W) (SL037-036002-) abuts the scarp along the W arc.
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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