Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathlee, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathlee
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.28699, -9.05114
- SMR number
- SL010-002----
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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)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated adjacent to a low cliff at the E side of Killala Bay. Trapezoidal area (36m N-S; 32m E-W at N end, 17m at S end) defined at W by the cliff edge and elsewhere by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth. 2.3m; H 1m) with suggestions of a possible external fosse at NE. Original entrance not recognisable. In the NE quadrant is an irregularly-shaped depression (max. dim. 6m; D 0.7m) of unknown significance. (ITA Survey 1942-4).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.