Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballincar, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballincar
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.29241, -8.48543
- SMR number
- SL014-014----
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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 natural hillock in undulating pasture, SE of Ballincar Cottage. Oval-shaped area (26m N-S; 32.5m E-W) is enclosed by a bank (int. H 0.36m; ext. H 2.2m; Wth 1.5m) from NE-NW and by a scarp (H 1.7m) to the N. There is only a faint indication of an external fosse (Wth 4m) at the SE. The entrance (Wth 4.3m) occurs at the SW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.