Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathglass (tireragh By., Templeboy North Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathglass (tireragh By., Templeboy North Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.25143, -8.79168
- SMR number
- SL012-066001-
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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 at the E edge of a low rise in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.5 at W, 0.8-1m at E). At the base of the scarp at S is a ditch (Wth. 2.8-3.2m; D 0.6m) of uncertain antiquity. In the E half of the interior there is a low scarp, curving NE-SE, to E of which there is a drop in interior ground level of 0.5m. Centrally located within the interior is a deep pit (11m E-W; 4-5m N-S; D 1.3m), possibly a collapsed souterrain (SL012-066002-). The rath is bisected roughly centrally by an E-W field fence.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.