Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killala, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killala
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17624, -8.40926
- SMR number
- SL027-024----
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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 poorly drained pasture, on a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank is highest along the N arc (Wth 8.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.8m), lower and more slumped (ext. H 1.8m) along the S arc. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at E with a possible causeway across the fosse, both densely covered with overgrowth. The fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.8m) is evident all round. On either side of the possible entrance a semicircular area (c. 10m x 15m) has been quarried out of the bank and the interior. The perimeter is densely covered with overgrowth and the interior to a lesser extent.
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
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