Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinphull (Tireragh By., Templeboy South ED), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinphull (Tireragh By., Templeboy South ED)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22539, -8.77927
- SMR number
- SL018-070----
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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 on the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge at the base of the Ox Mountains. Raised circular area (diam. 47m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3.2m; int. H 0.6m) with an external fosse (Wth. 2.2m; D 0.8m). Break in bank at S (Wth. 3m) with accompanying casuseway represents original entrance. In the SW quadrant is a circular depression (diam. 3m; D 0.4m) of uncertain function.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.