Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Altans, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Altans
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24144, -8.83799
- SMR number
- SL018-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 atop a NW-SE ridge in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c. 20-25m) enclosed by a stony bank (ext. H 1.4m at NW). A modern field boundary which extends around the site at NE may respect the curve of a pre-existing fosse. At the foot of the bank at SW and W is a ditch or gully (Wth 1.8m; D 1m) which then swings away from the site and extends for c. 10m NW. This appears to be a relatively modern feature. The site is densely overgrown with scrub rendering detailed inspection impossible.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.