Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Primrosegrange, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Primrosegrange
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Megalithic monuments
- Coordinates
- 54.24351, -8.55642
- SMR number
- SL014-271----
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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
This monument was excavated (license no. 95E021) in 1996 under the direction of G. Burenhult (1996, 33; SMR file) who records that the ‘monument is partly destroyed, and has been included in the possibly later constructed field-wall system. It has a rectangular shape, built of limestone slabs and boulders, and measures about 10 by 3 meters. In the part excavated, the remains of a limestone flooring was found. No remains of interred human bones were found. Five samples of charcoal for radiocarbon dating were collected. None have as yet been dated. Rich quantities of oyster-shells were found.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 10 October 2013
References
Burenhult, G. 1996 The Swedish archaeological excavations at Carrowmore, Co. Sligo. Ireland. Excavation report 1996. Unpublished report. National Monuments Service.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.