Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43125, -8.65720
- SMR number
- SL001-001044-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Built against the S exterior face of the enclosing wall of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL001-001001-) known as the Cashel.
A drystone field wall abuts the south face of the Cashel and, at the point of contact, expands to form a large, tabular mass of drystone masonry, largely composed of small stones with some flat slabs. This is roughly quadrilateral on plan, with vertical sides and a flattish, slightly rounded top. It is 3 m long by 1.5 m wide and 1 m high. There are no associated cursing stones or cross slab.
The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:
Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Date of upload: 16 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Cursing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.