Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumnagoal, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumnagoal
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.22161, -8.71956
- SMR number
- SL019-075----
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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
At the NW end of a low ridge in rough pasture. Raised approximately oval-shaped area (dims. 41.8m NW-SE; 30.6m NE-SW) enclosed by two close-set concentric rings of large slabs and boulders (max H 0.6m). The earth and rubble which presumably occupied the intervening space (Wth. 1.2m - 2m) does not survive. The double kerb is punctuated by a number of gaps of various sizes. From SSW-W-WNW the perimeter has been incorporated into a NW-SE field boundary. At N, adjacent to a wide gap, is a single stone set traversly to the remainder of the kerb stones which may mark the original entrance location.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.