Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Muckelty, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckelty
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09197, -8.68043
- SMR number
- SL032-142----
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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 top of a low rise. A raised oval area (c. 46m N-S; 33.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) NE-E, by a scarp (H 1.4m) E-NW and truncated by an E-W road NW-NE. The scarp is revetted by a drystone wall (Wth 0.5m). Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). On the 1914 OS 6-inch map the NW and N arcs are indicated as levelled with a linear field boundary joining the remainder of the cashel to the road at N.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.