Enclosure in Carrigans Upper, County Sligo

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In undulating rocky pasture on a slight WSW-facing slope and within a field system (SL033-070----). The enclosure lies above a sharp fall of ground on its N side and abuts a natural cliff (H 2.5-3.5m) to S. A slightly raised pentagonal area (38m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-NNE. The bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 3.8m including the height of the natural slope) lies on the crest of a natural break of slope NW-N. A low earth and stone field boundary lies on the approximate line of the enclosure bank NNE-SE. From SE-SW, the limit of the enclosure is defined by an E-W orientated natural cliff which rises 2.5-3.5m above the interior. From SW-NW the bank consists of large limestone rocks (c. 0.5m x 0.5m x 0.3m) spaced 2-4m apart with earth and stone in between. These large rocks are not visible NW-NNE where the bank is purely of earth and stone. The interior is under grass, clear of overgrowth, slopes gently down to WSW and the W portion is slightly raised to compensate for the hillslope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL033-054

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