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Hut site

Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Achonry, 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
Achonry
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.07120, -8.66742
SMR number
SL032-235003-

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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

Within a possible enclosure (SL032-235002-) and immediately N of a cashel (SL032-235001-).
Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps; visible in aerial imagery. This possibly a hut site is evident as a subcircular area (diam. ext. 8m N−S; 8m E−W; int. 5-6m) defined on the perimeter by a slight rise/bank (Wth 1.4m; H 0.1-0.2m) distinguished by short, yellow grass. On the W side the bank is slightly broader and flat-topped (Wth 2m; H 0.2m). A N−S field wall, which crosses the W side of the possible enclosure, lies immediately to W of the hut site, and a telegraph pole stands immediately outside the enclosing bank at its NW edge. The nature and date of this feature is uncertain.

Attached images:
SL032-235003-_01.JPG Viewed from N
SL032-235003-_02.JPG Viewed from NW
SL032-235003-_03.JPG Viewed from E

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 16 September 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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