Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Muckelty, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckelty
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08412, -8.69160
- SMR number
- SL032-177001-
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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 a break in the steep NE-facing slope of Muckelty Hill. An oval area (29.5m N-S; 34m E-W) terraced into hillslope with the S half c. 0.1m below and N half up to 0.9m above the external ground level. The interior is defined by a scarp (H 0.9m) topped by grass-covered foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 2m; H 0.2m; original Wth 1m) SW-E and by an inner-facing scarp (H 0.1m) E-SW. The interior slopes down gently to NW. There is a souterrain (SL032-177002-) in the SW 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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.