Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnagrelly, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnagrelly
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.32755, -8.41386
- SMR number
- SL009-024----
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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 the summit of a narrow E-W orientated ridge in undulating pasture. Slightly raised oval area (dims. 43m E-W; 25m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 3m; ext. H 1.2m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 6.8m; D 1m). The bank and fosse are only evident at the E and W sides of the enclosure where required as the natural slopes of the ridge on which the site is located provide good natural defensive height. The bank encloses the site SW-NW and NE-SE. The bank is absent elsewhere and the site is defined by an earthen scarped edge. Only a very slight trace of the bank is visible SW-NW and from NE-SE it has been disturbed by quarrying. The fosse encloses the site SW-NW and is absent elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.