Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Union, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Union
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19361, -8.47230
- SMR number
- SL020-208----
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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 marshy ground, c. 50m N of the Arrow or Unshin River. The rath is densely covered with overgrowth making the interior inaccessible. An enclosing bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.1m) is visible along the S arc. The nature of the enclosing element elsewhere, if any, is unknown. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m) and on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as an arc (C c. 22m) of bank N-S.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.