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Ringfort - unclassified

Grange, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Grange, 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
Grange
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.39852, -8.53265
SMR number
SL005-029----

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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

Situated on slight rise in pasture. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure (dims. 36m NNW-SSE; 28m ENE-WSW) on the 1837 edition of the 6'' OS 6-inch map and a roughly circular hachured enclosure (diam. c.30m) on the 1912 edition. The site is now densely overgrown with thorn bushes and is inaccessible.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 23 April 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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