Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ranaghan Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranaghan Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15223, -8.56814
- SMR number
- SL026-085----
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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
On a rise, in undulating pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 25.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 2.4m) is best preserved along the W arc. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at E with a causeway across the fosse. The fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.5m) has been quarried into at NW and the resulting hollow used as a dump. The interior is clear of overgrowth and the bank is planted with trees.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.