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
- 54.17341, -8.37520
- SMR number
- SL027-049----
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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 rough grazing, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 23m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) has an internal stone kerb. The fosse is widest at N (Wth 5.4m) and narrowest at E (Wth 3m). The outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) is partially overgrown with gorse. The interior is covered with rushes. This rath is possibly one of the two forts, named 'Mullaghmore Fort' and 'Lisnaspeenoge Fort' respectively, which were recorded in 1836 in the S side of Ballysumaghan townland (OSNB vol. 1, 157).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.