Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilsellagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilsellagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.30276, -8.40882
- SMR number
- SL009-049----
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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
In gently undulating pasture on a slight SSE-facing slope. Natural ground level slopes away steeply from the site SE-NW. Raised circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth (Wth 3.05m; int. H 0.3m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.3m). From SE-WNW the bank is absent and the circuit is defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.4m). From WNW-NNW the enclosing element has been removed. A NE-SW orientated field boundary bank crosses the line of the absent enclosing element at WNW and at NNW. An E-W orientated field boundary links to the edge of the site at SE. From SE-NNW the fosse is absent and natural ground level slopes down steeply from the site. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.