Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Slievemore (Sherkin Island), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slievemore (Sherkin Island)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.46117, -9.43636
- SMR number
- CO153-049----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located close to the western tip of Sherkin Island, to the south of enclosure (CO153-037----) and c. 20m from the rocky shoreline. A rectangular enclosure (c. 10m E-W x 5m N-S), open on the eastern side. It has been constructed by incorporating two low rock outcrops to north and south, in an area of exposed rock and rough grazing. There are views over the sound towards Cape Clear. The surviving walls are low and partially protrude from the peat cover, with evidence for later rebuilding in some sections. The northwest corner is marked by a single stone, set upright, measuring c.0.8m in height.
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher based on information supplied by Tony Miller
Date of upload/revision: 7 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.