Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathgeean, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgeean
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19495, -8.35509
- SMR number
- SL021-084----
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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, at the W end of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 23.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) along the E, S and W arcs, and truncated along the N arc by an E-W field boundary. An external fosse (Wth 2.2m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. A field boundary curves around the W half of the perimeter.
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
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.