Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Emlagh (corran By., Drumrat Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emlagh (corran By., Drumrat Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06489, -8.49433
- SMR number
- SL039-018----
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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 damp pasture, on the top of a drumlin. A slightly raised oval area (int. diam. 23m N-S; 30.2m E-W) enclosed by an almost levelled earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.75m) except along the W arc where a scarp (H 0.9m) is evident. An external waterlogged fosse (Wth 4.9m; D 0.5m) is visible all round but shallow along the W arc. A possible entrance (Wth 4m) is at E. The interior is level. A second fosse is visible NNW-E as a cropmark in an aerial photograph (OSAP, 3 0823). Indicated as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a circular raised area (diam. c. 30m) on the 1914 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 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.