Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Carrickbanagher, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickbanagher
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Cashel
- Coordinates
- 54.13591, -8.49697
- SMR number
- SL026-141----
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
In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge with excellent views of the surrounding countryside. Named 'The Cashel' on the 19 OS 6-inch map, this hilltop enclosure, consists of an oval area (65m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall. The wall, which is highest along the W arc (T 0.6m; H 1.3m), has a rubble core with a facing of stone. Condit, Gibbons and Timoney (1991, 61-2) suggest that a gap through the wall at S may be the original entrance. The interior rises towards the centre. A field boundary indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map bisecting the interior on a NW-SE axis, was not indicated on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. A rath (SL026-140----) lies c. 190m to SSE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.