Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Belville, County Sligo, Ireland
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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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
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
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.