Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballysumaghan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysumaghan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17720, -8.38657
- SMR number
- SL027-029002-
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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
On a steep N-facing slope and downslope from the site of the Sumaghan Stones (SL027-029001-). A circular area (int. diam. 24m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank and an external fosse (Wth 1.6m; D 0.5m). The bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.4m) is steep-sided and narrow. The S half of the interior slopes down steeply to N while the N half is level.
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).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Cursing stoneunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.