Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Turnalaydan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turnalaydan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15508, -8.44872
- SMR number
- SL026-106----
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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 S-facing slope. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 38m x 41.5m), indented on the N side and defined by the remains of an earthen bank and faint traces of an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) is evident along the NE arc but is mostly levelled elsewhere. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. Trees have been planted around perimeter of the rath. Recorded in 1836 as 'Tournaladen' (OSNB vol. 1, 333).
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.