Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cummeen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cummeen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.27383, -8.53901
- SMR number
- SL014-039----
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
On a S-facing slope. This monument is depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 and 1940 editions of the OS 6-inch map. A rectangular area (27m NW-SE; 16.5m NE-SW) is enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.74m; ext. H 0.84m; Wth 2m). There is no fosse. The entrance is located at the SE (Wth 2.7m).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.