Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shannon Oughter, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shannon Oughter
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.29352, -8.45609
- SMR number
- SL014-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S downslope of a slight ridge, in undulating, rich pasture. An oval area (27.3m N-S; 24.7m E-W) is defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at E; 0.28m at W). Two short sections of bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.49m; Wth 0.6m) enclose the site at the SE and SW only. There is faint and intermittent trace of a fosse (Wth 2.1m) on all sides.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.