Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.14930, -8.34896
- SMR number
- SL027-182----
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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, rush-grown pasture, on a terrace on a high ridge. To S−SW ground rises to the top of the ridge; immediately to N−NE a steep slope drops to flat, damp ground. There are extensive views NW−NE with the Ox Mountains visible in the background to NW, Knocknarae to NNW and the Ballygawley and Dartry Mountains to N−NE.
This enclosure is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps; a circular outline is visible in aerial imagery. It was levelled at an unknown date in the past and is difficult to trace at ground level. Dense rushes obscure the location, but the outline of the enclosure can be glimpsed in part as a very slightly raised area (diam. 17-18m).
There is a rath (SL027-096----) 15m to W and another (SL027-197----) 160m to E.
Notified to NMS by Jean-Charles Caillère.
Attached image:
SL027-182----_01.JPG viewed from NE
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.