Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, at the E end of a low elevation on the shores of Lough Gara. A roughly D-shaped area (dims. 43.5m N-S) with a straight SSE side (L c. 55m ENE-WSW) is defined SSW-NW by a broad low rise of earth and stone (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.65m) topped by hazel and blackthorn bushes, by a slight grassy rise NNW-NE and by a low stony scarp (H 0.55m) obscured by overgrowth NE-ESE. The straight SSE side is defined by a broadly sloping scarp (H 0.7m) covered with a tumble of stones, probably the remains of stone facing. Sections of a stone-faced scarp can be seen elsewhere along the immediate shoreline. The interior slopes slightly down to SSE; a slight linear depression (Wth c. 1.5m) which extends E-W across the N half may be the remains of a drain. The perimeter of the enclosure is engulfed in hazel, blackthorn and bramble scrub, almost impenetrable in places.

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