Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Quarryfield, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Quarryfield
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04790, -8.62726
- SMR number
- SL038-145----
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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
Located on a low, dry rise in an expanse of damp, lowlying, rush-grown pasture, on the E bank of a meandering N-flowing stream. The stream lies 4-5m to W of the SW arc of the enclosure. There is a forestry plantation on the W bank of the stream. The enclosure is overlooked by a N-S ridge, located c. 100m to E, on the summit of which is a rath (SL038-062----).
This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a low, oval platform (44m E−W; 31.5m N−S) defined by a scarp (Wth of slope c. 2-3m; ext. H 0.5m, 0.8m at W) and enclosed by a fosse. The scarp is highest on the W arc of the enclosure, where the ground dips naturally to the stream. The fosse is barely discernible as a very slight depression (Wth 1-1.5m) at N−S, marked by a band (Wth c. 2m) of yellow flag iris at NW and S. The N half of the grass-covered interior appears very slightly higher than the S half. The entrance may be at E, where there is a low area (Wth 2.5-3m) in the scarp with a hint of a causeway over the fosse.
Several roughly circular, vegetation-covered stony heaps (diam. c. 3-4; H 1m) line the edge of the stream, probably upcast material from dredging. Two of these overlie the enclosure scarp at W and SW.
Images:
SL038-145----_01.JPG Enclosure viewed from E
SL038-145----_01.JPG Enclosure viewed from N
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 6 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.