Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathdoony Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdoony Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11040, -8.53500
- SMR number
- SL033-037----
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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 slight W-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1941 OS 6-inch map as a circular raised area (diam. c. 40m). It was described during a previous inspection in 1985 (SMR (1989) file) as an irregular oval earthwork defined by a bank NE-NW and by a scarp NW-NE. A fosse and a low outer bank were noted along the S arc. The interior was described as uneven with a rise in the W half.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.