Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aughris (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughris (tireragh By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.26441, -8.78043
- SMR number
- SL012-019----
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Shown on 4 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 a low rise in rough, coastal pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 42m N-S) enclosed at SW by a bank (Wth. 2.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.5m) and elsewhere defined by a vertically-cut scarp (H 1.5m at N, 1.9m at W). The external face of the bank and scarp have been faced with stone. A modern NNW-SSE field boundary cuts through the E half of the interior, and immediately to E of this the NE quadrant of the rath has been removed. Original entrance not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.