Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynakill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15999, -8.34747
- SMR number
- SL027-078----
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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
Close to the base of the steep N-facing slope of a ridge and immediately S of a stream. A raised circular area (diam. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.5m) E-NW and by a steep scarp (H 2.6m) elsewhere. Traces of an external fosse (Wth 3-4m) are evident SE-W. The interior slopes down to N and the E half is partially covered with overgrowth. A field boundary curves around the fosse SE-W and a linear field boundary lies immediately to 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.