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
- 54.14465, -8.59203
- SMR number
- SL026-108----
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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 slight rise. An oval area (int. diam. 18m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by a gapped earthen bank. The bank is most substantial along the N arc (Wth 2m; int. H 2m; ext. H 1.5m), where it has been incorporated into a field boundary, and is eroded internally and externally along the E arc. A possible entrance (Wth 5m) is at NW. A small hollow (diam. 0.5m), due to recent digging, was noted in the S half of the interior, just inside the bank.
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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.