Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Caltragh (tireragh By., Rathmacurkey Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caltragh (tireragh By., Rathmacurkey Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25179, -8.96999
- SMR number
- SL011-138----
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Shown on 5 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
A narrow, oblong or slightly wedge-shaped mound (4.8m WNW–ESE; 1.8m NNE-SSW at W end, 1-1.2m at E end; H 0.6m), largely sod-covered, with rounded or irregular-shaped stones and boulders protruding along the sides and top. The boulders along the two long sides of the mound are close-set and occur in a single course. The broader W end of the mound incorporates a greater concentration of stones. A shallow depression (Wth c. 0.3m), denuded of sod, which encircles the mound, was probably caused by farm stock. According to local tradition, the mound marks the site of a burial.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 5 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.