Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathgran, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgran
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14654, -8.59080
- SMR number
- SL026-107----
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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 W-facing slope and in the SW corner of a field. An oval platform (30.5m x 25.5m) defined on top by the remains of an earthen bank and at the base by traces of a fosse. The bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) is best evident along the N arc. A possible entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE with a corresponding ramp from the exterior. The fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.3m) is best evident along the NW and E arcs. There are trees in the interior and field boundaries immediately to W and S.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.