Magheraboy causewayed enclosure
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Magheraboy causewayed enclosure is an early Neolithic enclosure located near Sligo town in northwest Ireland.
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Location | Sligo, Ireland |
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Coordinates | 54°16′03″N 8°29′32″W |
Type | Enclosure |
Height | Unknown |
History | |
Material | Timber palisade, earth ditches |
Founded | Neolithic |
Site notes | |
Ownership | Private |
Public access | No |
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Built during the Early Neolithic period "monumental architecture", the Magheraboy enclosure is the oldest known causewayed enclosure in Britain or Ireland.[1] This site is only the second known causewayed enclosure in Ireland. The other is at Donegore and has radiocarbon dates indicated prolonged occupation from 4000 BC to 2700 BC.[2]
The Magheraboy causewayed enclosure was investigated and published in the book Monumental Beginnings by Ed Danaher as part of the Sligo Inner Relief Road SIRR project.[3]