Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Corhawnagh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corhawnagh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97521, -8.07096
- SMR number
- LE027-071----
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
On the W-facing slope of a drumlin. Visible as an anomalous feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP, G 156-7). Overgrown subcircular area (diam. c. 25m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.25m).
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
References
Rooney, F. 2018 Archaeological testing associated with the proposed blue way cycling / walking rout from Leitrim village to Carrick-on-Shannon. Licence No. 18E0254 Unpublished report, Through Time.
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.