Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Finlough, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finlough
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13134, -8.60720
- SMR number
- SL025-143----
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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 boggy pasture, at the base of a SE-facing slope; the surrounding area is cut by modern drains. A raised circular area (19.6m E-W), the S half of which is obscured by a dense growth of gorse. The N half is defined NW-NE by an earthen bank with slight internal lip (Wth 2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7m) and by a scarp elsewhere. There is a gap (Wth 0.8m) in the bank, with some stones protruding from the sides, at NNW. An external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.6m) is evident W-E. The interior is level.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.