Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Grange, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.39523, -8.51635
- SMR number
- SL005-036----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Straddling the narrow summit of ENE-WSW orientated ridge in pasture. Oval-shaped raised area (dims. 42m E-W; 40m N-S) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 1.3m). No fosse visible. A NW-SE orientated field boundary bank with a drain on the E side crosses the W side of the interior intersecting with the scarped edge at SW and at NW. Original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.