Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Doonaltan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonaltan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.26190, -8.88514
- SMR number
- SL012-005002-
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Shown on 4 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
In pasture, situated on a terrace on the steep NE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Much degraded, oval-shaped area (19.4m NW-SE; 15.4m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank (Wth 1.9m at W, 2.5m at NE; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.5m at W, 1.4m at NE) of earth and stone. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. A modern NE-SW field boundary, which formerly adjoined the SW side of the enclosure, has been removed. There is a possible barrow (SL012-005001-) 19m to SW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.