Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rosses Upper, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosses Upper
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.31160, -8.54735
- SMR number
- SL008-104002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the S side of the interior of Rosses Upper rath (SL008-104001-), against the inner face of the bank. Oval flat-bottomed depression (dims. 7m N-S; 6m E-W) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.85m). A break (Wth 0.8m) in the bank at W marks the position of the original entrance. The S side of the entrance is lined with limestone slabs set on edge. A hut site (SL008-104003-) is located on the SW side of the enclosure.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.