What is recorded here
In pasture, on the steep S-facing slope of Benalta. The enclosure is levelled and not visible at ground level. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 15m NE-SW) with a straight SW side (L c. 20m WNW-ESE).
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).
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC
Date of upload: 16 November 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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