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Ringfort - rath

Doonycoy, County Sligo, Ireland

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Townland
Doonycoy
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.25406, -8.81785
SMR number
SL012-056----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 lowlying pasture, c. 50m S of a rocky shoreline. Raised circular area (diam. 46.7m NW-SE) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth. 4.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H, at NW) which is best preserved on the N half of the rath. Original entrance may have been at W where there is a wide break (Wth. 3.4m) in the bank, which is partially blocked by a modern N-S field boundary.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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