Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doonfore, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonfore
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.36268, -8.59721
- SMR number
- SL004-007001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated close to the base of a steep SE-facing slope. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Raised circular area (diam. c.30m) defined from ENE-E-S by a steep scarp (H 1m - 1.4m) which may have had a stone wall at its upper edge. Elsewhere the perimeter and portion of the internal area have been destroyed as a consequence of the construction of modern linear field boundaries. Original entrance not recognisable. Within the internal area at SW, adjacent to a modern field wall, is a circular hole giving access to a souterrain (see SL004-007002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 April 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.