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Ringfort - cashel

Rue, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Rue, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rue
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.04094, -8.76076
SMR number
SL037-054001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On level ground, bisected by a N-S road on the E side of which is the car park of St Attracta's cemetery. The remains of a raised circular area (diam. 33.5m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m) S-NNW and by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H c. 1m) N-E, topped by foundations of a drystone wall. The bank is levelled E-S to accommodate an extension to the cemetery. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.3m) is evident S-N and N-E. A counterscarp bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.1; ext. H 0.5m) is evident S-N. There is a possible souterrain (SL037-054002) in the SW quadrant. The cashel is covered with overgrowth.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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