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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13130, -8.36043
- SMR number
- SL027-138----
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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 undulating pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) along the N and W arcs and by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m) along the S and E arcs. There is a shallow external fosse at the base of the scarp along the N and W arcs. Remains of stone facing is evident on the external face of the bank and on the internal face in parts. The interior is partially overgrown and slopes gently down to N. From cartographic evidence (the 1914 OS 6-inch map) the bank along the S and E arcs appears to have been incorporated into a field boundary system. Linear deep drains on E-W and N-S axes, lying to the S and E of the bank respectively, separate it from recently constructed field boundaries.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.