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Enclosure

Rosses Upper, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Rosses Upper, 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
Rosses Upper
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.31160, -8.54735
SMR number
SL008-104002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)

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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

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

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