Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fortland, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fortland
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27323, -8.95508
- SMR number
- SL011-035----
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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 on slight NE-facing slope in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 5.1m; D 0.4m). The bank is made up of earth mixed with small rubble limestone with occasional larger rocks (dims. 0.5-1m2) of quartzy conglomerate. A break (Wth 1.5m) through the bank at NW marks the position of the original entrance. The fosse is partially infilled with field clearance earth and rubble stone SE-SSE and WSW-NW.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.