Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyeeskeen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyeeskeen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24367, -8.83523
- SMR number
- SL012-118----
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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
Situated on a low rise in otherwise poorly-drained pasture. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Low, circular mound (diam. 12m; max. H 0.6m) composed of shattered sandstone fragments within a matrix of black soil. The trough area was probably on the S side.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.