Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinlig (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlig (tireragh By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.24379, -8.63517
- SMR number
- SL013-084001-
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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 the summit of a small steep-sided rise in coastal pasture affording excellent views in all directions. Oval-shaped platform (dims. 29.7m E-W; 21.7m N-S) atop a steep-sided mound of earth and stone (H 1.6m - 7m) whose height is enchanced by the natural slope of the ridge upon which it is sited. The platform is enclosed by fragmentary remains of a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 1.3m - 6.2m; max. int. H 0.65m). No fosse. Break in bank at E (Wth. 2.6m) with an accompanying ramp represents original entrance. Exposed soil on the external face of the mound contains fragments of oyster shells. Within the W part of the internal area is a possible souterrain (see SL013-084002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.