Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rooghan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rooghan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15907, -8.33580
- SMR number
- SL027-082----
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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 the summit of a N-S ridge. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.5m) which is truncated by a field boundary SSE-SSW. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at SSW. An external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.6m) is evident all round but is encroached upon by a forest plantation SSE-SSW. An E-W field boundary crosses the N half of the interior. The perimeter of the rath is partially overgrown with gorse.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.