Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Boeeshil (carrigallen By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boeeshil (carrigallen By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.05136, -7.74543
- SMR number
- LE025-048001-
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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
Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope c. 50m from the N shore of what was an oval bay (dims c. 600m NW-SE; c. 450m NE-SW) opening at SE into the W end of Gardice Lough before the Ballinamore and Ballyconnell canal lowered the general levels of the lake and altered its shore. This is a grass-covered subrectangular area (int. dims 30.5m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2m) and outer fosse or moat (Wth of top 5.5m; max. D 1m) at NW, a fosse or moat (Wth of top 5.5m; D 0.3-0.5m) at SE, a bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) at NE and a scarp (H 0.5-1m) at SW, but the NE and SW sides may have been truncated.
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
- Hilltop enclosureunder 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.