Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baghloonagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baghloonagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03908, -8.52797
- SMR number
- SL039-092----
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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 low-lying inter-drumlin ground. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 28.1m N-S; 30.2m E-W) enclosed by an inner earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m). An intervening fosse (Wth 2m) is evident all round except along the N arc where it is silt filled. An outer earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.4m) is evident along the S arc only. There is an entrance (Wth 4.9m) at NNE with a causeway. The interior is higher at the centre. A field drain truncates the rath at W.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.