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
- 54.13003, -8.36296
- SMR number
- SL027-139----
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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 W-facing slope at the W end of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 22m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m), except at W where the bank is levelled for c. 15m. An external fosse is evident as a shallow depression, marked by a dense growth of rushes. The inner face of the bank at NE projects further into the interior than elsewhere, giving it a width of 6m. The interior slopes gently down to W.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.