Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Legalough, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Legalough
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.26114, -7.87545
- SMR number
- CV004-049----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a steep ENE facing slope in rough mountainous terrain. Circular area (diam. 4.9m) enclosed by the remains of a wall of drystone masonry (wall T 1.4m). Some of the stones incorporated into the wall are massive. Break in wall at NNE (Wth 1.05m) represents original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 15 November 2012
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.