Mound in Grange, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Circular flat-topped mound (diam. top 7m; diam. base 17m; H 0.65-0.85m) of earth and rubble limestone with gently sloping sides. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The edge of the mound has been obscured W-E by modern dumps of field clearance rubble rock. The summit of the mound undulates irregularly and slopes gently facing S slopes slightly facing S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL005-174

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