What is recorded here
On a low rise. An oval area (max. dims. 22m N-S; 28m E-W) raised 0.8-1.2m above the external ground level. This rath was indicated as an embanked circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. There is a disused farmyard to NW.
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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