Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynagalliagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagalliagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.33685, -8.46067
- SMR number
- SL008-079----
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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 moderate SSE-facing slope in gently undulating upland pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c.25m) enclosed by a substantial flat-topped bank of earth and stone (Wth 9.4m; int. H 1.7m). At the external foot of the bank is a broad U-shaped fosse (Wth 5.4m) and a low external bank of earth and stone (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m). From NW-NE the external bank is absent. A relic field boundary lies on the outer edge of the fosse NW-N. AT NE a break (Wth 5.4m) in the internal bank, with a causeway across the fosse, and a break in the external bank mark the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.