Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Leitry Upper, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitry Upper
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.70157, -9.25631
- SMR number
- CO106-054----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture atop low knoll. Circular area (21.5m N-S; 22.4m E-W) enclosed by ruinous stone bank (H 0.85m). Four contiguous slabs line bank internally at E; modern stone walling atop bank SW->NW. Interior flat though covered with field clearance stones. Known locally as a "lios".
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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