Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 54.42087, -8.51540
- SMR number
- SL002-036----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In lowlying pasture, on the E side of Conor’s Island, at the NE end of the Streedagh peninsula. There is an area of dampish ground fed by a spring to W, and the shoreline is located c. 60m to S. This enclosure is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It is located in the W half of a rectangular, 19th-century field associated with a vernacular farmstead, the ruined buildings of which lie c. 60m to SE. The remains are evident as a D-shaped area (c. 43.5m NW−SE; 16.5m NW-SE) defined on the curving side by a low, partly levelled sod-covered bank (Wth 2.5-2.8m; H 0.2-0.4m) which describes a shallow arc N−SSE. The straight side at W is formed by the NW−SE drystone field wall which forms the W side of the rectangular field. There is no convincing evidence at ground level of a continuation of the bank to W of the NW−SE field wall. A low irregular rise extends E-W across the N half of the interior.
This monument may represent the E side of a circular enclosure (diam. 45-50m), the W half of which has been destroyed.
Image: SL002-036----_01 Viewed from E
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of revised upload: 26 July 2017
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- Seaweed standunder 1 mi
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