Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyglass (Tireragh By., Dromore ED), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (Tireragh By., Dromore ED)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24074, -8.85418
- SMR number
- SL018-011----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a level terrace on the S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Raised circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) with ephemeral traces of an external fosse. Densely overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.