Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cloonmacduff, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonmacduff
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18982, -8.47056
- SMR number
- SL020-214----
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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 rough pasture, on top of a rise. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 24m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1m). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at NW. There is a low disused stone field boundary wall on top of the bank along the W arc. During a previous site inspection in 1985 it was recorded that the interior rose slightly towards the centre and a shallow rectilinear depression was noted inside the wall at N, probably due to quarrying (SMR (1989) file). A rectangular farm shed, now unroofed, is built into the ridge at SW.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.