Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballincar, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincar
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.29499, -8.49537
- SMR number
- SL014-009----
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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
On the summit of a low NNW-SSE ridge in fertile pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 and 1940 editions of the OS 6-inch map. There are no surviving remains visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.