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Ringfort - rath

Sheeanmore, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Sheeanmore, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Sheeanmore
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.26043, -8.69890
SMR number
SL013-015001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised, roughly circular area (dims. 31m E-W; 35m N-S) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 7.55m; int. H 0.45m) with a fosse (Wth 5.2m) and an external bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.65; int. H 1.4m). A break (Wth 4m) in the internal bank at ESE, with a causeway across the fosse and a corresponding gap (Wth 8m) in the external bank, marks the position of the original entrance. Two linear quarries are located on the SE side of the site; one at the inner foot of the internal bank and one in the base of the fosse. The site is divided into two equal portions by an E-W drystone field wall. The remains of a souterrain (SL013-015002-) extends from the inner face of the internal bank at W.

Compiled by: Mark Keegan

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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