Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Magherabrack, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Magherabrack
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21118, -9.03743
- SMR number
- SL017-025001-
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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 a rise in poorly-drained, undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 28.7m N–S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.3m) with an infilled external fosse (Wth 3-4.5m) and a low counterscarp bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m) which can be traced at SW–NW. A partially blocked-up break (Wth 2m) in bank at E represents the original entrance. Within the interior, which slopes slightly down from NW to SE, there is a souterrain (see SL017-025001-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.