Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Inishkeen Island, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishkeen Island
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Friars Garden
- Coordinates
- 54.43914, -8.16213
- SMR number
- LE002-023003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in deciduous woodland on the N side of Inishkeen Island (max. dims c. 800m WNW-ESE; c. 200m NNE-SSW), close to the N shore of Lough Melvin. An enclosure (dims c. 240m WNW-ESE; c. 50-60m NNE-SSW) is described in italic lettering on the 1909 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as the ‘Friars Garden’. This is defined by a collapsed rubble bank, best preserved at the E end (Wth 3m; H 0.5-1m), and slag was found on the shore at N in the 1940s (SMR file).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.