Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Seafield, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seafield
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23992, -8.55329
- SMR number
- SL020-011----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on top of a hillock at the end of a ridge in undulating countryside. Comprises an oval area (int. diam. 17m by 18m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank ( Wth 2m, H 0.50m), only preserved on N side, and an exterior ditch (Wth 2m, D 0.40m). There is an entrance ramp on the E side (Wth 3.60m).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.