Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lugnagall, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lugnagall
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.32449, -8.41628
- SMR number
- SL009-023----
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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 level summit of a narrow NE-SW orientated ridge, on the NW-facing lower slopes of Cope's Mountain, in pasture. The monument is located at the SW end of the ridge with natural ground level sloping down steeply E-N. Oval raised area (dims. 27m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.65m; int. H 1.5m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 4.25m; D 1.5m). The bank is most substantial N-E where it, in conjunction with the fosse, traverses the level summit of the ridge. The fosse encloses the site N-E only. From E-SSW and W-N the bank is almost entirely absent and where natural ground level falls down steeply from the site. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank with a causeway across the fosse at E marks the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Deer parkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.