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Barrow - bowl-barrow

Lissadill, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - bowl-barrow, Lissadill, 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
Lissadill
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Tumulus
Coordinates
54.35462, -8.58474
SMR number
SL008-003----

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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

On flat rough pasture with excellent views. Recorded in 1991 as a large oval earthen mound (dims. 9.7m x 4.2m; H 4m), conical in section, rising in terraces above a platform (SMR file).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 April 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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