Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaboll, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaboll
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knocknahook fort
- Coordinates
- 54.15710, -8.51727
- SMR number
- SL026-058----
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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 top of a ridge with extensive views. A slightly raised circular area (30m N-S; 28.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1m). The scarp is well preserved N-S where it serves as a property division and it is topped with a post and wire fence. Elsewhere the scarp is degraded and gapped and lined with hawthorn bushes. The presence of a fosse may be indicated SW-NW by a band (Wth c. 2m) of particularly wet ground in an area that is generally damp and boggy. The interior is mostly level but it dips close to the scarp at SW-W.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.