Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumee, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumee
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17616, -8.36808
- SMR number
- SL027-030----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the top of a ridge with excellent views in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. 21m) defined by remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) ENE-SSE and by a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. Traces of an external fosse are evident all round as a slight depression (Wth 2m) marked by a dense growth of rushes. The interior is covered with a dense growth of irises. Field boundaries lie immediately to N and E.
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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.