Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cuiltydangan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuiltydangan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisduff
- Coordinates
- 54.13393, -8.34538
- SMR number
- SL027-143----
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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 forestry, near the base of the W-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a bank on the E arc where incorporated into a field boundary system and by a scarp (max. H 1.6m) elsewhere. Described during a previous inspection in 1987 (SMR (1989) file) as a circular area (22m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with traces of an external silted fosse; the was bank eroded in parts especially at W and had a large gap (Wth 3m) at E and other smaller gaps elsewhere.
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
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.