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Ringfort - cashel

Cartronkillerdoo, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Cartronkillerdoo, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cartronkillerdoo
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.42834, -8.44781
SMR number
SL002-016----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture affording good views to the N. Raised circular area (int. diam. 23m) enclosed by a stone wall built of boulders. No indication of a fosse. Cattle have broken through the wall on the SW side but there is no indication of the location of the original entrance. The cashel is now used as a cattle enclosure.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 08 March 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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