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Enclosure

Glebe (Leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Glebe, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glebe (Leyny By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.11820, -8.61960
SMR number
SL032-062----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. The enclosure is levelled. The remains consist of an oval area (max. dims. 61m NW-SE; 44m NE-SW) terraced into the hillslope, with the NW and N portions of the interior 0.8m below and S and SE portions 0.7m above external ground level. The interior slopes gently down to SE and is crossed by the remains of cultivation ridges. A levelled field boundary abuts the enclosure along the N arc. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m). On the 1914 OS 6-inch map an arc of hachures depict a scarp E-SW. A slightly oval enclosure is visible in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033124-5).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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