Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bearlough, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bearlough
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04592, -8.48258
- SMR number
- SL039-066----
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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
Near the top of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 30m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2m). An external fosse is evident only as a slight depression. The external face of the bank along the N arc is steep sided. There is an entrance (Wth 2.6m) at E. The interior is concave and slopes 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
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.