Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortarowey
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.35267, -8.50434
- SMR number
- SL008-042001-
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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 a slight SSW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by the footings of a drystone wall (Wth 2.3m; H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From N-SE the footings consist of two rows of limestone slabs and blocks (av. dims. L 1-1.6m; T 0.3-0.8m; H 0.3m) with a fill of small rubble between. From SSE-SE the basal external blocks are visible only as this area is now a stockpile (H 1.8m) of rubble stone where three field walls meet. The footings are absent elsewhere and the edge of the site is defined by a slight sod-covered rise. The original entrance may have been at N where there is a slab across the end of the footings. A souterrain (SL008-042002-) is located on the W side of the interior.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.