Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rue, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rue
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04609, -8.76826
- SMR number
- SL037-050----
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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 a low rise. A raised oval area (diam. 34m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m) along the NE and SW arcs. There is a large hollow (Wth 13m; D 1.6m) along the line of the fosse on at W and NW. There is a small cairn of stones in the centre of the interior.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.