Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tullycusheen Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullycusheen Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06058, -8.78449
- SMR number
- SL037-112----
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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)
- 1811 · 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 rough, rush-grown damp pasture, in generally lowlying, poorly drained terrain. Slightly raised, oval area (30m N−S; 22m E−W) defined by remnants of a bank (Wth c. 2m), largely reduced to a scarp (ext. H 0.5-0.6m), and enclosed by a fosse which is evident as a shallow depression (Wth c. 2m; ext. D 0.3m). The bank retains a slight internal rise or lip in parts at S and at W−N. There are several eroded sections or gaps: at W (Wth 2m), at NNE (Wth c. 3m), at E (Wth c. 4m), at SE (c. 1.5m). The fosse is very shallow/poorly defined in parts at E and S but no clearly defined causeway is evident. The interior is level. In the NE quadrant, a low, upright stone (L 1.1m NW−SE; max. T 0.25m; H 0.45m) protrudes from the ground. It leans sharply to SW. Immediately adjacent on its W side, another stone (L 1.35m NW−SE; Wth 0.6m) lies concealed beneath the grass. The field is planted with forestry but an exclusion zone protects the enclosure.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.