Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moytirra West, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moytirra West
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08527, -8.28730
- SMR number
- SL035-044----
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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 rough pasture, near the end of a low ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 24.2m x 23m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.75m) along the S arc, by a field boundary along the W arc and by a scarp (H 0.65m) along the N and E arcs. An external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.2m) is evident along the N arc. The interior is bisected by a N-S field boundary.
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
- Kerb circleunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.