Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kingsfort (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kingsfort (corran By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathnaree
- Coordinates
- 54.06126, -8.48342
- SMR number
- SL039-024----
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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 top of a narrow drumlin, across a valley from another rath (SL039-025---). A raised circular area (int. diam. 31.7m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by an inner earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 2.5m), a broad intervening fosse (Wth 4.5m) and a stony outer bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.9m). The banks and fosse are overgrown with bushes. The entrance (Wth 2.1m) is at E with a causeway across the fosse and is used as access for farm machinery. The interior is concave and slopes steeply down to E.
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
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- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.