Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rusheen (Tirerrill By., Ballynakill ED), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rusheen (Tirerrill By., Ballynakill ED)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14409, -8.37046
- SMR number
- SL027-110001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, on a rock outcrop, at the S side of a ridge. A circular area (18m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m). The interior is uneven and c. 4m in from the E edge is a natural ridge of rock outcrop which extends N-S for c. 10m. To the E of this ridge the level of the interior is 0.9m lower than elsewhere. There is a souterrain (SL027-110002-) in the NE quadrant.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.