Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Largan (leyny By., Breencorragh Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Largan (leyny By., Breencorragh Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.08993, -8.93255
- SMR number
- SL030-001----
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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 pasture, on the steep S-facing slope of Benalta. The enclosure is levelled and not visible at ground level. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 15m NE-SW) with a straight SW side (L c. 20m WNW-ESE).
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).
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC
Date of upload: 16 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannog1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tomb2 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tomb2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.