Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Sheemore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheemore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99542, -8.01604
- SMR number
- LE027-054006-
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 towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (dims 24m N-S; 22m E-W; int. dims 20.5m E-W; 17m N-S) defined by a slight earth and stone bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.1m; max. ext. H 1m) W-N-E, with a scarp down to the interior (max. H 1.3m at S) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance and it is possible that it is an old quarry.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 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.