Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Belclare, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belclare
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02859, -8.93562
- SMR number
- SL036-043----
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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 pasture, on the steep N-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (diam. c. 40m) terraced into the ridge with the S arc c. 1.5m below, and the N arc 0.3-2m above, the external ground level. There are no visible surface remains of the SE arc. The interior is defined by a scarp topped by a drystone wall (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m) in parts along the N arc. The interior slopes down to N and is bisected by an E-W field boundary. Other field boundaries extend S and N from the E-W 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.