Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Moytirra East, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moytirra East
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07474, -8.29173
- SMR number
- SL035-077----
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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 rocky pasture, on top of a ridge. The remains of an oval stone-built structure (int. diam. 8.7m x 7.6m) with sod-covered stone walls (T 0.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m), overgrown with bushes. A possible entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at S. The interior is sloping.
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
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.