Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cummeen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cummeen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.27593, -8.53314
- SMR number
- SL014-043----
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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
In undulating rough pasture. An approximately oval-shaped area (dims. unattainable due to dense vegetation) is enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H unattainable; ext. H at N 1.08m; ext. H at S 1.55m; Wth 2m), with the faint outline of a fosse (Wth 3.3m) and an external earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.15m; Wth 1.2m), which is located to the N only. There was no trace of an entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.