Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathurlisk, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathurlisk
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24343, -8.79932
- SMR number
- SL012-064001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Within a coniferous forestry plantation, situated on a low rise. Substantially raised circular area (31m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth. 6m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 4.2m, at N) with a wide, deep external fosse (Wth. 5m; ext. D 1.5m). A break (Wth. 3.4m) in the bank at E, with a possible accompanying causeway, represents original entrance. There is a souterrain (SL012-064002-) within the internal area at SW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.