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Ringfort - rath

Ballygreighan,lugdoon, County Sligo, Ireland

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Townland
Ballygreighan,lugdoon
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.23581, -8.79545
SMR number
SL018-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In pasture, situated on a low rise on top of an E-W ridge. Raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.35-0.6m; ext. H 1.6-1.7m) which appears to have had an internal stone kerb. The bank is low and partly levelled on the E half of the rath. A break in the bank (Wth 1.4m) at SW may represent the original entrance. A narrow line of stones, protruding from the sod, extends E-W across the S half of the interior. A field fence/townland boundary, on a N–S axis, bisects the E half of the rath.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

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