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Salt works

Coolbeg, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Salt works, Coolbeg, 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
Coolbeg
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Old Salt Pans
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.32820, -8.51472
SMR number
SL008-068----

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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 on N foreshore of Drumcliff Bay on level ground, 375m W of the mouth of the Drumcliff River. Indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as 'Old Salt Pans'. At this location is a waterlogged rectangular flat-bottomed depression (6m E-W; 2m N-S; D 0.3m) with vertical sides. A roughly oval irregular depression (6m N-S; 4m E-W; D 0.3m) extends N from the NE corner of the rectangular depression. An E-W orientated channel (L 5m; Wth 0.3-0.6m; D 0.2m) extends from the intersection of the NE corner of the rectangular depression and the oval depression. A second roughly rectangular flat-bottomed depression (1.8m E-W; 0.6m N-S; D 0.3m) with vertical sides, links to the S side of the channel midway along its length.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 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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