Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobercurry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06030, -8.71422
- SMR number
- SL038-042----
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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 level pasture, adjacent to a lane. A raised circular area (diam. c. 37m) enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 2.2m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H c. 0.6m) of dump construction faced with large limestone blocks and topped by a modern stone wall. The grassy interior is heavily poached by cattle. The perimeter is overgrown with bushes. A lane skirts the SW arc.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.