Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rusheen (tirerrill By., Ballynakill Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rusheen (tirerrill By., Ballynakill Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14215, -8.37479
- SMR number
- SL027-109----
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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 low-lying pasture, on a slight rise, surrounded by ridges of high ground. A raised oval area (23m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.9m) with a slight internal lip (H 0.4m) along the N arc. The scarp slopes gently down to the outside. Roughly at the centre of the interior is a raised oval area (8m x 6m; H 0.6m). A short linear earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.6m on S side; H 0.3m on N side), on an E-W axis, lies 3m N of the enclosure.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.