What is recorded here
Situated at the mouth of a subrectangular bay (dims c. 150m N-S; c. 120m NE-SW) at the NE end of the subcircular Fenagh Lough (dims. c. 800m NE-SW; c. 600m NW-SE). This is an overgrown, circular, stony island (diam. 11.5m E-W; 10.5m N-S; H 0.7m) with a narrow causeway (Wth 1m) curving beneath the surface of the water towards the mainland at N. (Kane 1886, 408-9)
See the attached view taken from the E.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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