Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland
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-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.