Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Kilcat, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcat
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.38868, -8.48838
- SMR number
- SL005-157----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on level summit of a broad E-W orientated ridge in undulating pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6'' map but depicted as an an irregularly-shaped enclosure (dims. 11.5m WNW-ESE; 8.5m NE-SW) on the 1912 edition. Recorded in 1991 as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a low ruined wall. There was no indication of an entrance. The internal ground level was lower than that outside. The archaeologist interpreted it as a hut site (SMR file). It has since been levelled and there are no remains visible at ground level. However it's outline may be traced, albeit with difficulty, from aerial photographic coverage (ORTHO_ITM).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.