Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43473, -8.64995
- SMR number
- SL001-021----
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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 a flat arable field by the north-east shore of Inishmurray. On level ground within a field by the northern shore, a long, low mound of grassy rubble measures 8 m long (east/west) by 4 m wide and is 1 m high. There are two small hollows in its upper surface. This could possibly be a kiln or, more likely, simply a large field clearance mound. It is strongly colonised by meadow grasses and associated weeds.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.