Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Sheerevagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheerevagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carron
- Coordinates
- 54.09191, -8.37604
- SMR number
- SL034-124----
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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, straddling the slightly convex summit of a drumlin ridge with the ground level falling away gently to E and W. Views are excellent in all directions. A circular flat-topped mound (diam. c. 28m at base, 5.6m at top; H 6.25m) surrounded by a broad shallow fosse (Wth 8m at base; D 0.15m) NNW-SSE; the line of the fosse is marked elsewhere by a band of dark grass. The summit of the mound slopes slightly down to NW and is clear of overgrowth while the sides are mostly overgrown with gorse and are inaccessible. Field boundaries abut the base of the mound at SSE and NNW. A rath (SL034-123----) lies c. 40m to W.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.