Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathnakelliga, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnakelliga
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09206, -8.51085
- SMR number
- SL033-093----
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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 top of a ridge and on the S side of a road overlooking Ballymote town to SW. A circular area (int. diam. 34m) enclosed by a heavily eroded inner bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.9m) best preserved SW-WNW. Stone facing is evident on the external face of the bank. An intervening fosse (Wth 5.5m) is evident SE-WNW. A possible outer bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.6m) survives S-WNW. The interior slopes down to NE. A road skirts the bank at E. Mature deciduous trees 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
- Quarryunder 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.