Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Sheemore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheemore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99328, -8.01554
- SMR number
- LE027-054005-
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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
Around the top of the plateau of Sheemore Hill. A low, collapsed and grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1m; max. H 0.6m) crosses Sheemore Hill E-W (L c. 400m). Two parallel walls c. 50m apart abut this at S. The D-shaped enclosure and hut site (LE027-054004-) are associated with the walls, which could be degraded modern walls, while the hilltop enclosure (LE027-054007-) and cairns (LE027-054001-, LE027-054002-, LE027-054003-) appear to be earlier.
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 - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.