Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltycooly, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltycooly
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.30352, -8.44747
- SMR number
- SL008-150----
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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
Straddling summit of a rise in gently undulating pasture. Natural ground level slopes down from the site S-NNE. Raised circular area (diam. 51m) defined by a steep earthen scarp (ext. H 1.7-3.3m). At the external foot of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 7.8m; D 1.4m). The external height of the scarp increases from S-N to compensate for the underlying natural slope. The fosse encloses the site NE-SSE only and is absent elsewhere due to the natural downward slope around the site. The fosse is almost entirely silted up NE-E. A ramp (Wth 3m) through the scarp at NE may mark the position of the original entrance. Three small circular heaps of field clearance rocks (av. diam. 2m; H 0.6m) are located in the centre of the interior.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.