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Ringfort - rath

Lugnagall, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lugnagall, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lugnagall
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.32449, -8.41628
SMR number
SL009-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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