Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghmore (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14788, -8.34356
- SMR number
- SL027-098001-
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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. The most north-easterly of two conjoined raths (see SL027-098002-). A raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.3m) is evident SE-NE, truncated by a field boundary NE-SE and reduced to a slight inner lip along the S arc. The intervening fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m) is evident ENE-NNW. A low and eroded outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4m) is evident ENE-S and SW-NNW, interrupted by the fosse of the conjoined rath S-SW and truncated by a field boundary at NNW. The interior is crossed N of centre by an E-W field boundary. The rath is grass-covered with some rushes growing in the interior.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.