Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballure, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballure
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.26783, -8.39423
- SMR number
- SL015-074----
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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 NE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Views are excellent E-W and good in all other directions. Circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A discontinuous series of revetting blocks (av. dims. L 1m; T 0.3m; H 0.3m) are located at the external base of the bank WNW-SE. A modern drystone field wall (T 0.4m; H0.8m) has been constructed on the internal upper break of slope of the bank on all sides. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.