Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Streamstown (leyny By., Streamstown Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Streamstown (leyny By., Streamstown Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09766, -8.68058
- SMR number
- SL032-076----
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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 an E-facing slope. The enclosure is levelled and not visible at ground level. Indicated as a large oval enclosure (c. 80m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. There is a possible souterrain (SL032-225----) c. 15m to W in the same field. There is a rath (SL032-075----) c. 20m to W and a cashel (SL032-077----) c. 50m to SE in the adjoining fields.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.