Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Rue, County Sligo, Ireland
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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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
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
- 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.