Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortarowey
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.36166, -8.50146
- SMR number
- SL005-125----
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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
Situated on a slight E-facing slope in a small clearing within a mature deciduous forest. The mound has been constructed in two tiers. The top tier consists of a circular flat-topped mound (diam. top 4m; diam. base 16m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 0.7m). The second tier, at the base of the central mound, consists of a level terrace (Wth 2.5m) enclosed by a steep scarped edge (ext. H 2.2m; Total base diam of mound 20m). At the base of the second tier is a fosse (Wth 2.95m) and an external bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.8m). The mound has slumped down and the fosse and external bank are absent W-NNW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.