Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Hazelwood Demesne, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hazelwood Demesne
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.27613, -8.42818
- SMR number
- SL015-023----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a slight SSW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NNW-NNE a small portion of the bank has been removed by a quarry (dims. N-S 2m; E-W 4m; D 0.2m). The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.