Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cloghboley, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghboley
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.34754, -8.61169
- SMR number
- SL007-020001-
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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
Indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure, and on the 1913 edition, as a subcircular enclosure (diam. 45-50m) incorporated for most of its circuit into later field boundaries, with a souterrain (SL007-020002-), indicated as ‘Cave’, in the NW quadrant. Inspected in 1991, an arc of wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H c. 1.1m; ext. H 1.6m) consisting of irregular boulders could be traced defining the W side of the cashel, but dense overgrowth impeded access to the interior. A 19th-century account of the cashel suggests that there may be a second souterrain (SL007-020003-) in the interior (Milligan 1890-1, 576).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 April 2017
References
Milligan, S.F. 1890-91 Ancient forts in County Sligo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 574-82.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.