Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballysumaghan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysumaghan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17664, -8.39515
- SMR number
- SL027-027----
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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 the level summit of a narrow ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 22m) defined by the remains of two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (int. H 0.4m) is only evident W-N, elsewhere the interior is defined by a scarp (H c. 1.1m). The intervening fosse is evident W-ESE, it is widest (Wth 7m) at NE and narrowest (Wth 2m) at NW; rushes grow in the widest part. An arc of a possible outer bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m) is evident NE-E. Some hawthorn bushes grow around the perimeter of the rath.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cursing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.