Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Rannatruffaun East, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rannatruffaun East
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10421, -8.28054
- SMR number
- SL035-018001-
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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 an oval island, surrounded by raised bog. An oval area (int. diam. 31.3m x 26.5m) enclosed by a ruinous sod-covered stone wall (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.6m). The interior is uneven and stony; there are hut sites in the S half (SL035-018002-) and in the NE quadrant (SL035-018003-) and a possible souterrain (SL035-018004-) in the SW quadrant.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.