Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sheerevagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheerevagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisrisis
- Coordinates
- 54.09021, -8.37677
- SMR number
- SL034-126----
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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 the W-facing slope of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (26m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.7m) N-S and by a scarp ( H 0.8m) S-N. The W portion of the level interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The SE arc is incorporated into a NE-SW field boundary. There is a faint trace of an external fosse (Wth c. 2m) along the W arc. A tractor track cuts across the interior from SE to NW. The perimeter of the rath is covered with overgrowth.
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
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.