Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumaskibbole, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumaskibbole
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23281, -8.47568
- SMR number
- SL020-083----
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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 rise in undulating ground in pasture. Comprises an oval raised area (int. diam. 33m E-W by 20m N-S) enclosed by a low and broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m, H 0.50m). The entrance is on the W (Wth 2m) where a stretch of bank sweeps down off the site onto the level of the field. No indication of a ditch.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.