Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garoke, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garoke
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09434, -8.28707
- SMR number
- SL035-034----
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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, on an E-facing slope near the top of a broad steep sided ridge; there is blanket bog to W. A raised circular area (21.8m x 20.4m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.25m), poorly preserved along the N arc. An external fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 0.5m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 2.2m) is in the S arc. The interior slopes down to E and is slightly concave.
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
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.