Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrybeg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrybeg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08806, -8.33380
- SMR number
- SL034-200----
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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 poor pasture, on the SW-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (25m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.2m) with external stone-facing. A slightly raised level area defined by a scarp occurs outside the bank SSW-NE. A NNE-SSW field boundary crosses the SE edge of the rath and others extend from the rath to W and NE. The interior is level and boggy. The bank is overgrown with briars.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.