
What is recorded here
In pasture, on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. A subrectangular area (29m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.9m) NW-SW and by a scarp (H 0.8m) elsewhere. An external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.45m) is evident NW-SE. The interior slopes down to SW and the surface is uneven.
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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