Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derry Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derry Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08508, -8.32994
- SMR number
- SL034-204----
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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 undulating pasture, at the base of a slope. A circular area (int. diam. 25m) defined by a broad earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) except on the N arc where it is truncated by an E-W field boundary. Remains of an outer bank (Wth 3.2m; ext. H 0.5m) are evident along the W arc.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - avenueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.