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Ringfort - rath

Belville, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Belville, 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
Belville
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ìndicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.22321, -8.86119
SMR number
SL018-056----

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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 in rough pasture on top of a N-facing slope overlooking the River Dunneill to the NE and E. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 34m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.55m) with external fosse (Wth 2-3.6m) and second bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.2m). A gap (Wth 2-3m), largely obscured by overgrowth, at E may be the original entrance. At S the outer bank (W 2.7m) has a low berm (Wth 1.8m) internally, probably the result of erosion or relatively modern modification. From WNW-N the inner bank is modified and incorporated into a field boundary and the fosse and outer bank have been levelled due to the construction of a now-abandoned vernacular cottage.

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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