Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygilcash, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygilcash
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.25642, -8.86521
- SMR number
- SL012-034----
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 Libraries
Shown on 4 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 a low rise at the NE end of an E-W ridge in average pasture. Slightly raised D-shaped area (diam. 24m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE to field fence) defined from N-WSW by a low bank (Wth. 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.55m, at SE) of earth and stone, and bordered on the straight side to NW by a modern field fence. There is no trace of a continuation of the enclosure to NW of the field fence. This may be the remains of a circular enclosure, the NW third of which has been levelled. There is a rath (SL012-033001-) c. 95m to WNW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.