Enclosure in Cloghoge Lower, County Sligo

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On the SE-facing slope of a prominent ridge. The remains consist of a semicircular terrace (c. 27m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by traces of a possible scarp (H c. 1.5m) cut into the natural slope, most clearly visible E-SE. At the edge of the terrace, NE-SE, is a steep fall of ground, covered with overgrowth. From SE-SW the slope is more gentle, dropping into a narrow dip that separates the terrace from the steeply rising slope of a parallel ridge. A field boundary on NNW-SSE axis, engulfed in overgrowth, obscures the W arc. An E-W field boundary wall (Wth c. 1m; H c. 0.5m), densely covered in blackthorn bushes and brambles, creates a straight N side to the terrace at the interface with the steeply rising ridge slope.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL040-020

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