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Bastioned fort

Emlaghfad,Tieveboy, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bastioned fort, Emlaghfad, Tieveboy, 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
Emlaghfad,Tieveboy
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.07621, -8.50703
SMR number
SL033-144008-

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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

In pasture, on the flat summit of a hill with excellent views of the surrounding countryside. An earthen platform (73m N-S; 90m E-W) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.65-0.8m), eroded in places and with a low internal lip (Wth 1.6-1.8m; H 0.2m), is evident outside the E, S and W sides of the graveyard (SL033-144002-) at Emlaghfad. The expanded and slightly rounded corners of this platform project 15-18m beyond the corners of the graveyard. Midway along each of its three sides, the platform is indented to within 8-9m of the graveyard wall. A N-S road, immediately outside the W wall of the graveyard, cuts through the W side of the platform, bordering the NW projecting corner as well as truncating the SW projecting corner. The SE corner remains intact while the NE corner is incorporated into a field boundary. A disused 19th-century house overlies the W end of the S side of the earthwork. There are no visible remains of the earthwork on the N side of the graveyard. Many mature trees and bushes grow on the platform. While the function of this earthwork remains uncertain, its star-shaped ground plan is suggestive of a bastioned fort.

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

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

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