Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moylough, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moylough
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02200, -8.71437
- SMR number
- SL038-103----
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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 low dry rise, in flat pasture. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.6m). A flat-bottomed boggy external fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.2m) is evident all around except for short sections at NW and SE. The interior is raised c. 0.2m above the external ground level and is crossed by a NW-SE field boundary and drain. The rath is overgrown with gorse bushes and extensively burrowed by rabbits.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.