Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Carrigeenboy (tirerrill By., Kilmactranny Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeenboy (tirerrill By., Kilmactranny Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06633, -8.23981
- SMR number
- SL041-053----
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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, built against a rock outcrop at the edge of a slope. The remains of an oval hut (int. diam. 8m x 5.9m), the walls (T 1.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.3m) of which are constructed of stone slabs set on their sides. The N arc is defined by rock outcrop. A souterrain (SL041-023----) lies c. 65m to SW.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.