Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43446, -8.66623
- SMR number
- SL001-020002-
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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
In open moorland on the NW side of Inishmurray. Earthfast medium/large stones (up to 0.8 m) form the outlines of two small enclosures (see also SL001-020002-) roughly 12 m apart on gently sloping moorland north of the Cashel (the two are intervisible). One is 3 m north/south by 2 m and the other is 5 m NW/SE by 2 m. Possibly kerb remnants within denuded prehistoric barrow mounds or kerbs outlining later ‘dug’ graves. Alternatively, they may be footings for turf-built or wooden buildings.
The above description is derived from the survey of the archaeological remains undertaken in 1997-99 and published in:
J. O’Sullivan and T. Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.