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Ringfort - rath

Ballysumaghan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballysumaghan, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballysumaghan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.17386, -8.38851
SMR number
SL027-045----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 a low rise in low-lying pasture; the ground rises gradually to W. A raised steep-sided oval area (27.5m N-S; 24m E-W) defined N-NE by an earth and stone bank and elsewhere by a scarp (H 1.2m). The bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.8m) has internal kerbing and is faced with large stones externally. The perimeter of the rath is overgrown with hawthorn bushes. The interior is mostly grass-covered with some overgrowth. Trees are indicated within the interior on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. There is a circular enclosure (SL027-046----) c. 100m to SSE.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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