Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Buninna, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Buninna
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.24939, -8.64346
- SMR number
- SL013-081----
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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 small promontory above the S shore of a broad tidal inlet at the NW end of Ballysadare Bay. D-shaped raised sloping area (dims. 29.5m NW-SE; 17.3m NE-SW) defined from NNW-N-SSE by the shoreline (H 2m - 3m) and elsewhere by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 2.6m - 4.1m; int. H 0.3m - 1m). No fosse. There are gaps between the terminals of the bank and the shore-line. Original entrance not recognisable. Within the internal area at SE is a poorly defined linear depression (Wth 1m; D 0.2m) aligned NE-SW.
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.