Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cregg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cregg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.30178, -8.51373
- SMR number
- SL008-129----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Another rath, in Ballincar (SL008-130---), is located 100m to the E. Raised circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a narrow high bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 3.1m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NNW-SE the bank is absent and the site is defined by a scarped edge. A small quarry, now disused, has removed a portion of the scarped edge at E. A public road abuts the external base of the scarped edge NE-SE. A break (Wth 1.8m) in the bank and a ramp to the exterior at WSW may mark 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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.