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Ringfort - rath

Keelogyboy, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Keelogyboy, 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
Keelogyboy
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.29096, -8.34957
SMR number
SL015-021----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on moderate S-facing lower slopes of Keelogyboy Mountain in upland pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 20m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From WSW-WNW a N-S orientated drystone field wall lies along the line of a removed portion of the rath bank. An E-W orientated drystone wall links to the N-S wall 4m to the NW of the rath and abuts the external side of the rath bank NNW-NNE. The area between the intersection of the two walls and the bank of the rath has been infilled with earth and stone. A break (Wth 1.6m) in the bank at S marks the position of the original entrance.

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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