Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Barracashlaun, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barracashlaun
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not inidcated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.32309, -8.23522
- SMR number
- LE007-037----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Marked only as an arc of hachures N-E on the 1945 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located towards the top of a rise on the N side of and at the E end of Glencar valley. This is a grass-covered D-shaped enclosure (dims 25m N-S; 15m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m).
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
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.