
What is recorded here
In pasture, on the top of a ridge. A circular area (38.4m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m). An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.5m) is evident W-NNW. The interior is level and crossed by cultivation ridges. The scarp has been levelled NNE-ENE to allow access to the interior. Indicated as a complete embanked area (diam. c. 30m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as open to NNE.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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