Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballydawley, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydawley
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19185, -8.45147
- SMR number
- SL020-224----
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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 pasture, on the top of a rise. A circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a stone wall (T 2m; H 0.5m). The cashel is densely covered with overgrowth. During a previous site inspection in 1979 it was recorded that the interior was covered with overgrowth and that there was a large shallow depression in the NE quadrant and loose stones visible on the surface (SMR (1989) file).
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.