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In a wetland area, c. 5m E of a stream. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-030002-; SL040-030003-; SL040-031003-; SL040-230001-; SL040-230002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 12). A low kidney-shaped mound (6m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.5m) of stones in charcoal blackened soil, overlain with sod and a thin layer of peat and topsoil. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. There is a burnt spread (SL040-031003-) immediately to S and a holy well (SL040-031----) c. 30m to W. (Desmond 2000, 183-4)
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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