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Enclosure in Carricknahorna West

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In heather-covered rough grazing, at the centre of a flat-topped spur in the Bricklieve Mountains. Breaks in the surrounding high ridges give views ENE to Lough Arrow, N to Carrowkeel as well as to the S. A circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a low stone wall (Wth c. 1.8m; H 0.5m), overgrown with heather. There is a cairn (SL040-105----) in the interior, off-centre to N. A ruined field boundary wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.25m), visible as a linear heather-covered rise, bisects the interior on an E-W axis and clips the S edge of the cairn. The ground drops steeply into an upland valley to N and E and a narrow ravine separates the spur from rising ground to W where a cashel (SL040-154----) is located c. 50m to WSW. 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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