Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cunghill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cunghill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10676, -8.65425
- SMR number
- SL032-094001-
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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 pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (36m N-S) raised up to 1.6m above the surrounding ground level. The interior is defined by a gapped flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.7m). The bank is higher W-N where it is incorporated into the townland boundary. A dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.7m) and an outer earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) are evident S-W. There is a hut site (SL032-094002-) in the NW quadrant of the interior and a small quarry is evident in the bank at ESE. Field boundaries extend from the rath to S, W and N. A rectangular enclosure (SL032-093001-) lies c. 40m to SSW.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.