Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derry More, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derry More
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08819, -8.32915
- SMR number
- SL034-201----
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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
On top of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) NW-E and by a scarp E-W. The bank is heavily eroded W-NW. A boggy area indicates the line of the external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.4m) NW-SE. The interior slopes gently down to S. The rath is overgrown with gorse, briars and nettles. Field boundaries (on E-W and N-S axes) lie immediately to N and 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
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.