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Enclosure

Streedagh, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Streedagh, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Streedagh
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.38987, -8.54927
SMR number
SL005-024002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated just to the E of a court tomb. Generally circular area (int. diam. 19m) enclosed by a bank which at N has has an internal and external facing of large stones which continue up and onto the end of the court tomb cairn. This arrangement terminates with a large recumbent slab opposite the tomb entrance. At NW the interior is raised with only a slight bank and no stone facing. The E side is obscured by a field boundary and thick hedges.

Compiler: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 22 April 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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