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Located on a rise towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular earthen platform (diam. 36.2m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by a scarp with some bushes (at S: Wth 2m; H 0.9m; at W: Wth 1.5m; H 0.9m), and a fosse (at W: Wth of top 5.1m; Wth of base 0.80m; ext. D 0.2m) S-W. There are slight traces of an internal bank (Wth of base 4.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) at N, and the base of the scarp is slightly clipped by a NNW-SSE field bank at E and an ENE-WSW field bank at S. There is a ramp entrance at SSE.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 5 December 2019
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