Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Claddagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Claddagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisboy
- Coordinates
- 54.02773, -8.92516
- SMR number
- SL036-049----
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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 the corner of a field, on the N-facing slope of a low ridge. An oval area (27m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 1m) W-ENE and by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6m) ESE-W with an original width of c. 1.25m. The cashel is truncated by a field boundary at E. The N half of the interior is cut into the slope and the S half is raised to compensate for the slope though the interior still retains a slope down to NE. The cashel is covered with hazel trees.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.