Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Glen Upper, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen Upper
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.33647, -8.40809
- SMR number
- SL009-015----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in level pasture 30m from W shore of Glencar Lake. Not depicted on any edition of the 6'' OS 6-inch map. Visible as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c.15m E-W; c.12m N-S) in aerial photograph (OS 1 3294-5). The site has been levelled; only irregular remains visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.