Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullnagracken North, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullnagracken North
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.25028, -8.46204
- SMR number
- SL014-230----
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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
Located in pasture, on a W-facing slope.
This possible rath is not indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, but shown on the 1940 edition as a D-shaped hachured area, defined on the straight side at E by a road. It consists of a slightly raised oval area (c. 39m N−S; 32m E−W) defined at SE−W by a scarp (H 0.5m) and at W−N by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.5m), with faint traces of an external fosse (Wth 1.7m) at the NW. At NNE−ESE the enclosure is defined by a modern field wall bordering a public road. The interior slopes from E−W, mirroring the natural fall of ground.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Anomalous stone groupunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.