Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clooncose, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooncose
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08830, -8.61999
- SMR number
- SL032-156001-
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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, at the S end of a summit of a bog-island. The rath is extensively quarried into and heavily eroded. The remains consist of a circular area (diam. c. 29m) raised c. 0.5-1m above the external ground level. The edge of the interior is defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H c. 0.7m; max. ext. H 2m) along the E and S arcs. A flat-bottomed dry fosse (D 0.75m) is evident along the W arc. There is a souterrain (SL032-156002-) in the NW quadrant.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.