Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Willowbrook, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Willowbrook
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.30135, -8.43108
- SMR number
- SL009-041----
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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 slight SW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.7m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A break (Wth 2.4m) in the bank at SW marks the position of the original entrance. The interior is planted with spruce and ash trees.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.