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At the W end of Inch Island in Lough Gara, on a gentle W-facing slope, above and immediately to N of a steep natural shelf which forms the division between agricultural land and the lakeshore stony grazing. A subcircular area (int. diam. 36m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5.5-7.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.4m). An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) is evident W-SE. The bank has several gaps (Wth c. 1.5m), all of which are recent, and has some whitethorn bushes growing on it. The entrance (Wth 1.3m) is at ESE. The interior is largely covered with mature ash trees, some of which have fallen. A raised area (25m N-S; 12m E-W; H 0.6m) in the E half of the interior abuts the bank at E. There is a possible souterrain (SL047-001002-) in the bank at SSW.
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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