Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Shancarrigeen Or Oldrock, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shancarrigeen Or Oldrock
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07290, -8.55775
- SMR number
- SL033-139----
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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 pasture, on a ridge overlooking the Owenmore River to NE. A circular area (int. diam. 19.5m) enclosed by remains of two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2m) is evident all round. The fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.5m) and low remains of the outer bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.4m) are evident only along the N arc. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway across the fosse. The N half of the interior is partially quarried into. A possible cairn (SL033-201----) lies c. 70m to SE.
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
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.