Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Doonowney, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonowney
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.35703, -8.54940
- SMR number
- SL008-018----
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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
Situated on very a slight S-facing slope in wet pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c.22m) enclosed by a narrow bank of rubble limestone (Wth 3.75m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is densely overgrown across the E half and lightly overgrown elsewhere.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.