Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Seafield, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seafield
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23807, -8.54729
- SMR number
- SL020-014----
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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
Located on a hillock with views onto Knocknarea. This is a roughly oval-shaped, raised area (L 21.80m, Wth 16.8m with a flattened W end and corners in the NW and SW with a pointed E end. It is enclosed by a stony bank ( Wth 2.30-2.60m, H 0.60m-0.75m) with rubble added to the N side. The site slopes internally from W to E.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.