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Ringfort - rath

Graniamore, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Graniamore, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Graniamore
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.07984, -8.44746
SMR number
SL033-159----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In undulating pasture, on a slight NW-facing slope. This rath has been levelled and no enclosing element is now visible at ground level. It was described during a previous inspection in 1992 (SMR (1989) file) as the remains of a rath (18m N-S; 16m E-W), with an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m), the N portion raised to compensate for the hillslope. The entrance (Wth 3m) with a ramp was in the N arc. A portion of a field boundary indicated to W of the rath on the 1941 OS 6-inch map survives as a gorse-covered earthen bank.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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