Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Carrigans Upper, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigans Upper
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.10452, -8.50702
- SMR number
- SL033-055----
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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 rocky pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope 4m to the S of a cliff-face (H 2m). A circular area (4m N-S; 4.1m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.25m). The bank consists of rubble limestone covered by earth and moss and is best preserved on either side of the entrance where it is contained within two parallel rows of upright limestone slabs. These slabs also survive sporadically along the inner face of the bank, especially along the S arc. The bank is eroded and lower WSW-N. The entrance (Wth 0.85m) is at ENE and is lined with vertical limestone slabs. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth and is raised at S to compensate for the underlying natural slope and is slightly lower than the external ground level at N.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.