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Quarry

Kiltycloghan, County Sligo, Ireland

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Townland
Kiltycloghan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.18620, -8.36479
SMR number
SL021-083----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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' and 'Enclosure Site' respectively. It is indicated on the 1913 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a triangular area defined on the N and E sides by linear field boundaries and on the SW by a hachured line. The word 'fort' is marked in pencil on the NMI copy of the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. In poorly drained pasture, at the base of a N-facing slope. Upon inspection in 2002 a flat D-shaped terrace (c. 14m E-W; 13.5m N-S) created by quarrying into the base of the slope was identified. The curving side E-W is defined by a N-facing scarp (H 2.8m at S) cut into the natural slope. The scarp diminishes in height at E and W. The straight N side of the terrace is bordered by a low N-facing scarp (H 0.7m) dropping to an E-W field drain. This is not an archaeological monument.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC

Date of upload: 21 November 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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