
What is recorded here
At the edge of a limestone cliff. A rectangular area (41.3m x 49m) enclosed by a stone wall (T 1.9m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m) of large limestone slabs and rubble on the NW and NE sides, by a stone field boundary wall on the SE side and bounded by the cliff-edge on the SW side. The interior is covered in blanket bog.
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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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