Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballysumaghan, County Sligo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cursing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.