Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloongad, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloongad
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08935, -8.39127
- SMR number
- SL034-116----
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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 circular area (32m E-W; 28m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) which is best preserved along the SE arc. The bank is incorporated into a field boundary along the NW and NE arcs and is disturbed by quarrying along the SW and S arcs. An entrance (Wth 5m) at S gives access to a large quarry hole (c. 20m x 14m) in the SW quadrant. An arc of an outer bank (L 16m; Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.6m) is evident along the NW arc. There is a shallow boggy hollow immediately outside the bank at NE.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.