Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Derrylea, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrylea
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05869, -8.28444
- SMR number
- SL041-036----
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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 rough pasture on a SW-facing slope. The remains of a circular stone hut (int. diam. 6.6m x 6.9m) with walls (T 1.85m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.7m) of limestone slabs and some water-rolled boulders. The interior is concave and slopes down gently to W. The hut is partially covered with trees.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.