
What is recorded here
Enclosure in Carns (tireragh By.) is an enclosure in Carns (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It forms a raised oval area on the south side of a low ridge, measuring 32.5 metres east-west and 27.5 metres north-south with a height of 1.5 to 2 metres. Local information claims it served as a burial ground, while stones protrude from the sod on the eastern slope beside a nearby field boundary.
In pasture, on the S side of a low ridge. Raised oval area (32.5m E–W; 27.5m N–S; H 1.5-2m) with a gently domed profile and broadly sloping sides. Stones protrude from the sod on the slope on the E side. According to local information, it was used as a burial ground (SL023-005002-). A field boundary, on a roughly N–S axis, lies immediately to E, a field drain skirts around the enclosure SE-NW, and there is a road, on an E–W axis immediately to N.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 February 2013
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