Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Emlagh (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emlagh (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doonanall Forts
- Coordinates
- 54.13235, -8.37559
- SMR number
- SL027-130001-
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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
On a low rise of natural bedrock on a low ridge, immediately N of a stream. An arc (C c. 30m) of earth and stone bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m) is evident along the N and E arcs. A quarry (D 2m) has removed the remainder of the rath to within 6m of the surviving bank. A souterrain (SL027-130002-) is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map in the SW quadrant. Another rath (SL027-131----) lies c. 5m 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.