Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Finnure, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finnure
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.26772, -8.68739
- SMR number
- SL013-019001-
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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 a gentle NW - facing slope in pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 29m E-W; 28m N-S) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.8m). From NNE-NE the bank has been removed and the defining element is a scarp (H 0.2m). The outline of an infilled fosse is identifiable (Wth 4m) at the external foot of the bank and scarp. A break in the bank at E (Wth 2m) may mark the original entrance. There are quarry holes inside the bank at SE and SSE one of which (SL013-019002-) had erroneously been classified as a listed as a 'Building' in the RMP (1995).
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.