Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Binganagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Binganagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04748, -8.45801
- SMR number
- SL039-073----
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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 pasture on a W-facing slope. A raised oval area (int. diam. 34m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2m) with an external fosse (D 0.5m) along the S, W and N arcs. The interior slopes down to W, where it is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A small area of the rath is dug into on the E side. The rath was recorded in 1836 as 'lios na lia' (OSL, 147).
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 - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.