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In pasture, on a gentle NNE-facing slope. A raised oval area (18m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by the footings of a stone wall (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.25; Wth at top 1.2m) SSE-NW and by a rocky scarp (H 1.75m) elsewhere. The footings of the wall are now grass covered and difficult to distinguish because of the generally rocky nature of the site. The N half of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is undulating due to the presence of grass-covered rocks, clear of overgrowth and slopes gently down to NNE. The interior is said to have been used as a children's burial ground (SL033-045001-). One of four forts (see SL033-087001-; SL033-188001- and SL033-188002-) referred to in this townland in 1836 (OSNB vol. 1, 404-5).
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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