Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilbrattan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbrattan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09972, -8.58414
- SMR number
- SL033-042001-
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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 a promontory called 'Doon' (MacDonagh 1936, 195), jutting into Templehouse Lake. An oval raised area (int. diam. 21m E-W; 28m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 6.4m). The inner bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 3m) is more substantial than the outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1m). The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SE and has a corresponding ramp and causeway. The interior rises towards the centre giving a dome-shaped profile. MacDonagh (ibid.) recorded a cairn (SL033-04202-), called 'The Giants Grave', in the centre of this enclosure. The enclosure is partially covered by trees.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.