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
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24358, -8.84900
- SMR number
- SL012-046----
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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 the W side of a low, narrow NNW-SSE ridge a short distance above the E bank of the Carrowcor River. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 OS 6-inch map but not shown on the 1913 edition. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 18m) enclosed by the low remains of a bank (Wth 1.3-2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) of earth and stone. Outside this is a fosse (Wth 1.4-2.5m) with an external bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m). Both banks appear to have been faced with stone. The external bank is truncated at N by a modern field fence on an E–W axis. The interior slopes down slightly from W to E. In the NE quadrant there is a small hollow, obscured by overgrowth.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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