Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - early medieval
Skreen Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skreen Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.25252, -8.73615
- SMR number
- SL013-038002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located in the centre of Skreen Beg rath (SL013-038001) is a rectangular house site (dims. 7m E-W; 5.5m N-S) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.7m; H 0.4m). Except for a short length at the SE corner the bank is absent on the S side. Break in bank (Wth 3m) in the centre of the E side marks the original entrance. The ground level of the interior is slightly lower than that of the exterior.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.