Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whitehill (tirerrill By., Lakeview Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitehill (tirerrill By., Lakeview Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09931, -8.38350
- SMR number
- SL034-095----
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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. A slightly raised D-shaped area (dims. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. 1.4m) NE-NW and by a linear E-W field boundary on the straight N side. The remains of a stone kerb is evident along the internal face of the bank. An external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.7m) is evident S-W. There is a possible entrance (Wth 3m) at SE. An infilled quarry lies c. 10m to E.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.