Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bunnanilra, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunnanilra
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.16477, -9.09328
- SMR number
- SL022-018----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In average pasture, situated on a low N-S ridge. Remains comprise a slightly raised subcircular area (diam. 25-30m) enclosed at SW by fragmentary traces of a bank with an external fosse. Elsewhere bank and fosse have been levelled. A roughly-shaped quern stone (max. dim. 0.56m; T 0.1m) was uncovered during ploughing within the internal area.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Milling complexunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.