Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cullagh More, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cullagh More
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.34091, -8.52312
- SMR number
- SL008-064----
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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 in low-lying level mature coniferous forestry. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.4m). At the external base of the bank is a broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.65m). Immediately outside the fosse is a narrow bank of earth (Wth 3.15m; int. H 0.8m). A field drain has been cut along the external base of the external bank and the bank incorporated into a field boundary SW-NE. An E-W orientated relic field bank and drain link to the external side of the external bank at SSW and at SSE. A section of the external bank has been almost entirely removed SE-SSE. A break (Wth 4m) in the internal bank, with a causeway across the fosse and a corresponding break in the external bank (Wth 3m) marks the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.