What is recorded here
In pasture, on a N-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 30m) defined by a scarp (H 1m). An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.2m) is evident ESE-SSE. An ENE-WSW field boundary bisects the interior. There is a recent quarry hollow at the NW edge of the rath.
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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