What is recorded here

Situated on a W-facing slope on the E side of Lough Allen and on the S bank of an E-W stream where it curves N. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map with houses c. 70m to the NE and c. 130m to the E. It was conserved in the 1980s and is easily accessible from a path c. 15m to the S. This is a D-shaped drystone structure (int. dims 1.7m N-S; 1.3m E-W; H 1.25m) with a lintelled roof and an opening (Wth 0.44m; H 0.7m; D 0.4m) at W. (Weir 1980, 172) 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. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.

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