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Ringfort - rath

Tullnagracken North, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tullnagracken North, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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