Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Achonry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08902, -8.65405
- SMR number
- SL032-151----
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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 a bog island. A D-shaped area (dims. 15.7m N-S; 12.2m E-W) defined by the grass and moss-covered foundations of a drystone wall (max. Wth 2.75m; max. H 0.55m), except along the SE arc. There are the remains of a D-shaped compartmented structure (dims. 6.6m N-S; 4.5m E-W) in the SW corner of the interior. Indicated as a hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 10m) on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. A rath (SL032-152----) lies c. 15m to ENE in the adjoining field.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.