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House - 18th/19th century

Moytirra West, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 18th/19th century, Moytirra West, 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
Moytirra West
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.08553, -8.29623
SMR number
SL034-248----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Not included in SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'House Site'. In undulating elevated pasture, 10m N of the N limit of the cairn associated with a wedge tomb (SL034-208001-). The remains of a two-roomed rectangular structure (L 7.9m; Wth 3m; long axis N-S) with walls (H 0.7m; T 0.7m) of unmortared limestone rubble. There is no break in the dividing wall and each room is entered from the exterior. The S room (3.3m N-S; 3m E-W) has an entrance (Wth 0.9m) at the NE corner. The N room (4.5m N-S; 3m E-W) has an entrance (Wth 1m) at the SE corner. This is probably post-1700 AD in date.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC

Date of upload: 11 January 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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