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Ringfort - rath

Barroe, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Barroe, 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
Barroe
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.28038, -8.43725
SMR number
SL015-022----

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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

Situated on level ground in a small field between two houses in overgrown pasture. Raised roughly circular area (dims. 32.5m E-W; 31.5m N-S) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.55-8.05m; int. H 1.2m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 4.9-5.5m) and a second bank (Wth 6.45-10.4m; int. H 1.3m). At the external foot of the second bank is a fosse (Wth 4.4m) and an external bank (Wth 5.95m; int. H 0.6m). The perimeter of the site is densely overgrown and inaccessible W-NNW. From SWSW the second bank thickens with the top extending to 8m in width compared to 3.8m elsewhere. From NNW-S the external bank is absent. A break (Wth 1.4m) in the internal bank at E, with a slight causeway across the fosse and a corresponding break in the second bank, 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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