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Ringfort - cashel

Corwillick, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Corwillick, 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
Corwillick
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.26578, -8.35164
SMR number
SL015-087001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a level terrace on side of large hill, in deciduous forest. A steep S-facing E-W orientated slope breaks 10m to the S of the site. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by a broad bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4.9m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The bank has a regular profile and encloses the site on all sides. No facing is evident around the perimeter. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at S marks the position of the original entrance. The interior has been built up on the E side with rubble limestone to form a roughly rectangular platform (dims. 11m N-S; 10m E-W) defined by a stone scarp (H 0.2m) that links to the interior side of the cashel bank NE-SE. The remains of a souterrain (SL015-087002-) are located in the centre of the platform.

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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