Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gortarowey, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortarowey
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.35503, -8.50092
- SMR number
- SL008-043----
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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 slight SSW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. The cashel consists of a circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a low bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4-5.25m; int. H 0.3-0.45m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NE-E the band is very denuded and has a low broad profile. From S-W field clearance rubble has been added to the bank obscuring the edges. Two straight drystone field walls, one intersecting with the edge of the cashel at NW wall at SW and the other at ESE and at W, intersect at an approximate right angle to SW of centre. The original entrance is not recognisable. A possible enclosure (SL008-043001-) 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.