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Ringfort - rath

Doonflin Upper, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Doonflin Upper, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Doonflin Upper
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.23122, -8.75953
SMR number
SL018-047001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 on a NW-SE rise on top of an E-W ridge. Raised circular platform (44m E-W; 41.5m N-S) defined by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 7.9-8.5m; int. H 1.2-1.5m; ext. H 2.9-3.6m). Enclosing the base of the platform is a fosse (Wth 3.8m; ext. D 0.5-1.5m) which is deepest at S–W. The entrance is at E where there is a break in bank, eroded now to a width of c. 6m, with an accompanying causeway (Wth. 4m) across fosse. Within the W part of the interior is a circular, flat-topped mound (SL018-047002-). Within the SE part of the interior is a linear depression which may mark a collapsed souterrain (see SL018-047003-).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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