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Barrow - embanked barrow

Rathdoony Beg, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - embanked barrow, Rathdoony Beg, 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
Rathdoony Beg
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.10763, -8.51624
SMR number
SL033-203----

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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 top of a natural rise. A circular area (diam. 3.4m) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.3m). A slight reduction in the height of the bank along the W arc may indicate an entrance. The inner face of the bank slopes gently down towards the interior leaving only a small level central area (diam. 0.65m). There is no trace of the fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.6m) which was evident along the N arc during a previous inspection (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). Listed by Farrelly and Keane (2002, 98).

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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