Mound in Ballyfaris, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

At an enclosure (SL012-076001-). Within the N half of the enclosure is an roughly circular hut site (int. diam. 7.5m) enclosed by a low bank (Wth. 1.8m at N, 2.6m at S; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.35m at N, 0.5m at S).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL012-076003

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