Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnagrelly, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnagrelly
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.33178, -8.40104
- SMR number
- SL009-018----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight NNW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 4m). The fosse encloses the site SSE-NNW and is visible only as a slightly wetter area (Wth 4m) at the external base of the bank. From NNW-SE the fosse has been re-cut as a drain. The N edge of a main road (N16) lies along the outer line of the fosse SE-SSW. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at NNW, with slight trace of a causeway across the fosse, marks the position of the original entrance. There is a modern break (Wth 2m) in the bank at S.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.