Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Glen (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.19026, -8.55859
- SMR number
- SL020-185----
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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
In a dense copse of trees, on a SE-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. c. 20m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by a collapsed moss-covered stone wall (T 2m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.1m). The entrance (Wth 1m) is at SE. The cashel is densely covered with overgrowth. Another cashel (SL020-186----) lies c. 120m to E.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.