Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Magheralackagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Magheralackagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08846, -8.26093
- SMR number
- SL035-057----
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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, on an E-facing slope of a ridge. An oval area (int. diam. 21.4m x 20m) enclosed by a ruinous mostly sod-covered stone wall (Wth 1.95m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.35m). A basal course of external wall-facing composed of large limestone slabs is evident, especially along the W arc. There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.9m) at SW. A stone field boundary has been built on top of the cashel wall along the N arc. The interior is stony and uneven.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.