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Ringfort - cashel

Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Gortarowey, 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
Gortarowey
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.35267, -8.50434
SMR number
SL008-042001-

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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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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