Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonagashel, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonagashel
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10240, -8.46983
- SMR number
- SL033-078----
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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 S-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 20m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 1.8m) with an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.8m). There is an entrance (Wth 5m) at E with a causeway across the fosse. A circular enclosure (SL033-077001-) and a rath (SL033-077002-) lie c. 100m to NW and a second rath (SL033-076----) is c. 250m to NW. A field system (SL033-075001-) lies immediately to 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.