Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castletown, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.28988, -8.97254
- SMR number
- SL011-014001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised roughly circular area (24m E-W; 21.5m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.4m). No fosse is visible at ground level. From E-NE, the bank has been removed leaving a scarp (ext. H 0.3m). A small quarry lies immediately outside the bank at NW. A break (Wth 3.1m) in the bank at E marks the position of the original entrance. A small midden (SL011-014002-) is located to NE of centre in the interior.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.