Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tawnamachugh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnamachugh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.34080, -8.31333
- SMR number
- LE006-007----
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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
At the S edge of a limestone plateau overlooking Glencar valley to the S, with a small N-S valley just to the E. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 22.6m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by the collapsed remains of a stone wall (Wth 1.5-2m). The original entrance is not identified, but a N-S field wall that is marked on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map is built over the E edge of the enclosure. Attached to the E is a large oval or D-shaped enclosure (int. dims 65m NNW-SSE; 37-40m ENE-WSW) defined by the grass-covered remains of a stone wall (Wth 2.5-3m) with a straight side at W but the walls do not cross the interior of the smaller enclosure. Facing-stones were not noted on either enclosure and an original entrance of the larger enclosure is not identified.
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.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.