Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Culleens, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Culleens
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22965, -9.00091
- SMR number
- SL017-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the NW side of a low ridge. Oval area (56.5m E-W; 49.5m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-2.8m; int. H 0.1m at NW, 0.6m at SE; ext. H 1m at NW, 0.6m at SE). A slight depression is evident outside the bank at NNE but it is not clear if this represents a fosse. A A break (Wth. 2.2m) in bank at E, lined on each side by a single boulder, probably represents the original entrance. There is another break (Wth 1.4m) at S. The interior is level except in the NW quadrant where there is a marked slope down to N.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.