Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Sheena, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheena
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16146, -8.13572
- SMR number
- LE018-033----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge with the NW-SE section of the Owengar River c. 75m to eh SW before it turns E towards Lough Allen. It is described as a 'fort' in gothic lettering on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 21.5m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H. 0.6m; ext. H. 1.2m) with an outer fosse or ditch best preserved at NW (Wth of top 2m). There perimeter is planted with trees and there is no identifiable original entrance.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.