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
- 54.28715, -8.96836
- SMR number
- SL011-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in level pasture. Slightly raised roughly circular area (23m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 6.25m; int. H 0.70m). No fosse is visible at ground level. The original entrance to the site is not recognisable. Two portions of relic field bank (each measures L 5m; H 1m) abut the external face of the bank at NW and at SE.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.