Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynagalliagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagalliagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.33451, -8.46174
- SMR number
- SL008-080----
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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 S-facing slope, in gently undulating upland pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c.26m) enclosed by a low denuded bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.1-5.5m; int. H 0.3m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.9m) and an external bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.4m). A large roughly rectangular relic quarry hole (dims. 28m N-S; 14m E-W; D 0.5-1.6m) now occupies the E half of the interior including the internal bank and extending across the fosse and external bank at SE. There are two possible entrances to the site; a break (Wth 3.5m) in the internal bank with an opposing break, offset slightly to E, in the external bank at NNE and the second is a break (Wth 6.5m) in the internal bank at SSW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.