Moated site in Spurtown Lower

In pasture, on a low broad ridge. A subrectangular area (int. diam. 21.7m NNW-SSE; 20.1m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.9m) with an external fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.3m). A counterscarp bank (Wth 0.4m) is evident only along the NNW side. The fosse is barely perceptible on the SSE side. A field boundary crosses the interior on an E-W axis. Some stone has been dumped in the interior and in the fosse at the N corner. 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