
What is recorded here
In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 30.5m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 4m) is evident all round. The outer bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1m) is evident only along the W arc. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at E with a causeway (max. Wth 11m) across the fosse.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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