Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Toberscardan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberscardan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07360, -8.69744
- SMR number
- SL032-166----
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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
On level ground, on the SW-facing slopes of Muckelty Hill. A raised D-shaped area (dims. 21m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m). An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.4m) is evident all round except along the SE arc. The enclosure is densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes. A rectangular field with an adjacent building is indicated here on the 1838 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.