What is recorded here
In rough pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (diam. 22m N-S) enclosed by a heavily eroded earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m), incorporated into a field boundary W-NNE. A possible external fosse is evident as a band of rushes (Wth 2m) in boggy ground. The southern perimeter is overgrown with gorse. A hut site (SL034-059----) lies c. 40m to N.
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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