Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Highwood, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Highwood
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07554, -8.27771
- SMR number
- SL035-088----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 19.8m x 18.2m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.15m) has numerous gaps and is eroded along the E arc. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at N with a corresponding causeway across the fosse. The fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.7m) is best evident along on the N (upslope) arc. The interior is overgrown with bushes and strewn with sod-covered stones. This is possibly the 'circular earthwork which seems to be sepulchral' mentioned by Wood-Martin (1883-4, 458).
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
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.