Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Conor'S Island, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Conor'S Island
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.42383, -8.51133
- SMR number
- SL002-027002-
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In an enclosure (SL002-027001-). There are four low, grass-covered mounds located to W of centre in the interior of the enclosure. They are arranged in a rectangle, set 15-16m apart E−W and 7-8m apart N−S. The NE mound (9m NW−SE; 4m NE−SW; H 0.3m) is elongated and irregular in shape but the other three are roughly circular (diam. 4-6m; H 0.3-0.5m). Stones protruding through the sod cover suggest that the mounds are field clearance heaps, most likely associated with relict cultivation ridges which traverse both the interior of the enclosure and the surrounding field.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.