Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyglass (tireragh By., Dromore Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (tireragh By., Dromore Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24404, -8.85056
- SMR number
- SL012-045----
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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 in level pasture, at the edge of an E-facing slope which falls for 20m to the Carrowcor River. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 16m) enclosed by a largely levelled earthen bank (Wth c. 2.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.5m). A field fence, on a ENE-WSW axis, truncates the bank at S.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.