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Field boundary

Glen (Leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field boundary, Glen, 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
Glen (Leyny By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.19407, -8.56027
SMR number
SL020-182----

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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

On the S side of Croaghaun mountain; a passage tomb (SL020-181----) is located on the summit of Croaghaun, c. 130m to N. A heather-covered wall (Wth 3-8m; H c. 1m; L c. 175m), composed of large boulders, curves around the base of the mountain roughly SE-SW ending where the hillside starts to drop abruptly on the downhill side. The remains of a subrectangular sunken area (7m NW-SE; 3m SW-NE) occur in the wall at SW, on relatively flat ground. A second similar feature occurs at the E end of the bank. The function of this wall is not known but it may have been associated with the passage tomb. (Bergh 1986, 34-5)

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 20 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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