Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Seaweed stand
Cloonagh (carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonagh (carbury By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.37026, -8.63978
- SMR number
- SL004-022----
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
One of 17 small circular enclosures marked on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1909). These were used as stands for stacking seaweed and date from the post-1700 AD period. (Timoney 2002b, 58-9.)
Timoney, M.A. 2002b Aughris, Portavaud, Lackan and Kilcummin. In M.A. Timoney (ed.), A celebration of Sligo: first essays for Sligo Field Club, 41-64. Sligo Field Club. Carrick-on-Shannon
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Timoney, M.A. 2002b Aughris, Portavaud, Lackan and Kilcummin. In M.A. Timoney (ed.), A celebration of Sligo: first essays for Sligo Field Club, 41-64. Sligo Field Club. Carrick-on-Shannon
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.