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Moated site

Lackan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Lackan, 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
Lackan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.24328, -9.06594
SMR number
SL010-019----

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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)
  • 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 in poorly drained, lowlying pasture. Raised rectangular area (37m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m at N, 1.6m at S) which is partially levelled at E. At its outer foot is a fosse (Wth 4.6m) with a substantial outer bank (Wth 4.3m at N, 7.2m at S; int. H 0.8-1.6m; ext. H 0.7m-1.6m. The outer bank is largely levelled at NE and E, and there are breaks at the NW and SE angles and a large break on the W side. The entrance is marked by a gap (Wth c. 3m) in the inner bank, roughly in the middle of the W side, with a low causeway across the fosse and remnants of a corresponding break in the outer bank. In the interior is a possible house (SL010-019001-). It is built against the inner face of the inner bank in the SW quadrant and consists of a low rectangular platform (16m E-W; c. 6m N-S) defined on the N and E by a low bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 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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