Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - ring-cairn
Sheebeg, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheebeg
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01471, -7.96059
- SMR number
- LE028-018----
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 a rise at the N end of the N-S summit ridge of Sheebeg Hill. This cairn is not marked on any map but is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP; H, 76-7) and on subsequent series. It is a grass and scrub- covered subcircular stony platform (diam. 20m N-S; H 0.6-0.8m) separated by a berm (Wth 2-3m) from a grass-covered stone ring-bank (Wth 4.2-5.2m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m). The E part is overgrown with blackthorn (max. ext. diam. 34.5m N-S).
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
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.