Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mullaghcor, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghcor
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07256, -8.49021
- SMR number
- SL033-151----
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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 at the base of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.75m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.3m) with numerous gaps. A possible recut external fosse is evident along the W arc. A possible entrance is at SE. The S edge of the rath has been partially quarried away.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.