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
- 54.04030, -8.75728
- SMR number
- SL037-099----
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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 a gentle S-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 29.5m) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.5m) with numerous gaps. An external fosse (Wth 4; D 0.2m) is evident NE-E, SE-SSE and SW-NW. The interior slopes gently down to S and is poached by cattle. The bank and part of the interior are covered with overgrowth. Another rath (SL037-055----) lies c. 10m to N.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.