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On the SE side of a broad shallow NE-SW valley of boggy ground, overlooked SE-SW by hilly terrain broken by rock outcrops. A stream, which marks the county boundary between Sligo and Leitrim, skirts the monument E-SE. This is a National Monument in state ownership (no. 277). A conical oval mound (c. 42m NW-SE; c. 35-40m NE-SW; H 5m) with a flat top (15.5m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW) and steeply sloping sides. Occasional large stones protrude randomly around the top edge of the mound, possibly remnants of an enclosing wall. The mound appears to be a modified natural ridge and this fact has cast some doubt on its status as a motte (Glasscock 1975, 109; Graham 1988, 121).
On the SE side of a broad shallow NE-SW valley of boggy ground, overlooked SE-SW by hilly terrain broken by rock outcrops. A stream, which marks the county boundary between Sligo and Leitrim, skirts the monument E-SE. This is a National Monument in state ownership (no. 277). A conical oval mound (c. 42m NW-SE; c. 35-40m NE-SW; H 5m) with a flat top (15.5m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW) and steeply sloping sides. Occasional…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL021-012

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