Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Colgagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colgagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.28542, -8.40997
- SMR number
- SL015-031----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on summit of a very broad E-W orientated ridge, in wet pasture. Circular raised area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.35m; int. H 0.3m). Immediately at the external foot of the bank is a shallow fosse (Wth 3.85m; D 0.3m). A small section of the bank has been removed at NE and is now occupied by a now disused quarry. From ESE-E the fosse is almost completely in-filled but is clearly visible. A break (Wth 3m) in the bank at E, with traces of a causeway across the fosse at E, marks the position of the original entrance. There are small livestock breaks through the bank at SW and at NW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.