Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmacteige, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmacteige
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03549, -8.92483
- SMR number
- SL036-046----
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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 SE-facing slope of a low rise. This possible rath has been levelled and the S half of it is evident as an arc (C 26m) of scarp (H 1.25m) E-W but the N half is not visible at ground level. A linear field boundary truncates the NE arc. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a penannular arc of hachures showing a raised area (diam. c. 25m).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.