Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Carrownacreevy (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownacreevy (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17350, -8.74749
- SMR number
- SL024-004001-
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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
In rough upland pasture on the lower slopes of the Ox Mountains, located on a small terrace scarped out of the S-facing slope of a natural hillock on the S bank of the Owenboy River. Forestry plantation adjacent to SE. Ruined, roughly circular stone-built structure (3.8m E–W; 3.5m N–S). The enclosing wall (Wth c. 1.2m) is constructed of local gneiss stones. Internally the wall appear to have a gentle inward slope towards the base. The interior space (diam. 1.3-1.4m) is partly filled with loose stone and obscured by sod and moss. Appended to the S side of the structure is a rectangular space (2.7m E–W; 1.2m N–S) enclosed on W and S by a wall and open on the E side. This appears to have served as a sheltered access to the circular structure. However, no clearly defined gap into the circular structure is evident. There is a booley hut (MA024-004----) located c. 60m to S.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb2 mi
- Cairn - unclassified2 mi
- Ringfort - cashel3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.