Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tormore, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tormore
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.34143, -8.41080
- SMR number
- SL009-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 broad level terrace, on S-facing lower slopes of Kings Mountain, in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From SE-NE the bank is absent and the site is enclosed by a scarp (ext. H 0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.