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Henge

Tonafortes, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Henge, Tonafortes, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tonafortes
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.24424, -8.47972
SMR number
SL014-224----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located in a low-lying drumlin valley with views onto the Ox Mountains in the S and Knocknarea in the W. Comprises a circular area (diam. 45m) enclosed by two banks and intervening fosse. The entrance (Wth 8.2m) is located in the E. Excavations in advance of road construction revealed a cremation at the base of the fosse and features in the interior that included a pit (diam. 1.3m; D 0.70m) and a number of cut features. Lithics that included scrapers, flakes, a chalk ball and a sherd of plain coarseware were also retrieved from the fosse. Radio-carbon dates obtained from charcoal samples produced a date of 2460-2140 cal. BC which is thought to date from the primary phase of the site (Danaher, E. 2007, 43-59).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 24 October 2013

References

Danaher, E. 2007 Monumental beginnings: the archaeology of the N4 Sligo inner relief road. Dublin. National Roads Authority Scheme Monograph No. 1, 43-59.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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