Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bunowna, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunowna
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.28667, -8.95863
- SMR number
- SL011-022----
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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
In pasture, on broad N-S orientated ridge. Slightly raised circular area (22m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The external face of the bank is revetted along its base by large limestone blocks (av. L 0.95m; T 0.45m) at SW. From SE-S-SW, the bank has been removed and the precise limit of the site is difficult to determine here. The bank has also been removed NNW-N-NE where the footings of a post-medieval house abut the external edge of the site. The original entrance to the rath is not recognisable. A field bank (SL011-022001-), in all probability associated with the rath, lies 12m to the SW.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.