Enclosure - large enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In gently undulating pasture. A roughly circular area (98m N-S; 99m E-W) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) is evident W-NNW while elsewhere the interior is defined by a scarp. There is a possible entrance (Wth 16m) at WNW with breaches in both banks and slight infilling of the fosse. The fosse is evident all round and has a broad U-shaped profile (Wth 4.5m at base). The outer bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.3m) is evident SE-NE with a further short stretch at ESE. It is broken by gaps at NW (Wth 12m) and NNW (Wth 6m) and has been incorporated into a field boundary NE-ESE. The interior undulates gently and slopes gently from the centre toward the enclosing elements. A relict field boundary (see SL033-075001-) with a fosse on its E side crosses the interior on a NNW-SSE axis. There is a rath (SL033-077001-) and souterrain (SL033-077003-) in the SE quadrant, abutting the inner edge of the fosse at SSE. Another rath (SL033-076----) is 14m to NNW and a third (SL033-078----) c. 100m to SE. A field system (SL033-075001-) lies immediately to E.

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