Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Boeeshil (carrigallen By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boeeshil (carrigallen By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05567, -7.75046
- SMR number
- LE025-046----
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 top of a drumlin with wide views over Lough Gardice NE-SW, although the view is more restricted in other directions. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (int. diam. 88.8m E-W; 87.5m N-S) defined by a hedge-covered earthen bank (at E: Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m-0.9m; ext. H 1.6m-1.8m) and an outer drain (at E: Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.6m-0.8m) NE-S-NNW, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere. There is a modern entrance (Wth 5.5m) at SE.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.