Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Larkhill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Larkhill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20525, -8.61408
- SMR number
- SL019-161001-
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
Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure'. In rocky pasture, on the lower N-facing slopes of the Ox Mountains and within the N half of an 18th/19th-century field system (SL019-161004-). Oval area (16m N-S; 21.7m E-W) enclosed by a roughly-built wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) of stones and boulders. The interior and surrounding land is planted with coniferous trees. Upon inspection in 1994 it was concluded that this was an animal holding enclosure dating to the post-1700 AD period.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC.
Date of upload: 21 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.