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Enclosure

Tawnagh (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland

The record

Townland
Tawnagh (tirerrill By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.10016, -8.39106
SMR number
SL034-089002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 the NW quadrant of a rath (SL034-089001-). This possible enclosure comprises a densely overgrown arc of an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; H 1m), with an external fosse, which curves into the interior of the rath from the bank at NW.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 20 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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