Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigeensallagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeensallagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15575, -8.49474
- SMR number
- SL026-070----
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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 a N-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 24m) enclosed by an earthen bank (max. Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m on N downslope side). The entrance is at NW, 3m wide on the exterior side and 1.7m wide on the interior side, inclining steeply from the ground level into the interior. There is a rock outcrop and an electricity pole in the interior.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.