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Carnaweeleen, County Sligo, Ireland

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Townland
Carnaweeleen
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.06723, -8.43330
SMR number
SL040-006002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On the N end of a spur of Kesh Corann and immediately S of a passage tomb (SL040-006001-). A roughly D-shaped area (26.5m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by remnants of a stone wall (Wth 2m; H 0.3m) which survives as low sod-covered hummocks from which large stones protrude. The wall can be traced in a broad curve WNW-S and at N it merges with the sod-covered base of the passage tomb cairn, appearing to post-date the cairn. A natural rocky scarp defines the straight W side of the enclosure. The enclosure encompasses most of the level ground on the top of the spur.

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

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

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