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Ringfort - cashel

Loughanelteen, County Sligo, Ireland

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Townland
Loughanelteen
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.27767, -8.36985
SMR number
SL015-060----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 level floor of narrow N-S orientated valley. Circular area (diam. 24m) enclosed by a drystone wall of limestone rubble (Wth 1m; H 1m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The wall is extant WSW-SSE with collapsed portions at NW, NNW and at E. From SSE-WSW the wall is absent and only the footings are visible. A NNW-SSE orientated drystone field wall links to the cashel wall at SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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

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