Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonlurg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonlurg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12108, -8.44882
- SMR number
- SL033-023----
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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 undulating pasture, on a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 37m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening and external fosses. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) and intervening fosse (Wth 2.2m) are evident all around. The outer bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m to base of external fosse) is incorporated into a field boundary along the NW arc. The outer fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m) is best preserved at S. There is a wide entrance through the inner bank at S and a corresponding entrance (Wth 2m) through the outer bank with a causeway across the fosse. Some trees and bushes grow on the rath.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.