What is recorded here
In undulating pasture, on a low rise in the N corner of a field. A slightly raised circular area (27.7m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) which is generally low and degraded internally. A possible entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at SE. The interior slopes slightly down towards SE; off-centre to E is a slightly raised area (L 3m; Wth 1.4m; H 0.1m) with some stones protruding through the sod. There is a small area of quarrying close to the rath at W. Field boundaries skirt the bank along the NW and NE arcs.
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.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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