Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumcolumb, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcolumb
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12711, -8.35498
- SMR number
- SL034-033----
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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 rough pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (20m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 0.2m) W-E and by a scarp (H 1m) E-W. An external fosse (Wth 2m) is evident along the W arc. A recent drain cuts across the line of the fosse at NW. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at W. The S portion is raised slightly to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is bisected by a N-S field boundary.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.