Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tunnagh (corran By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tunnagh (corran By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02209, -8.50944
- SMR number
- SL039-118----
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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 low E-W ridge overlooked by a parallel higher ridge to N. A slightly raised circular area (24m N-S; 24.6m E-W) bisected by a NNE-SSW field boundary with a drain (W 1m; D 0.3m) on its E side. A narrow earthen bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) with an almost vertical external face defines the W half of the rath. The E half of the rath is defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) except ENE-ESE where a low rise remains. The interior is level. There is a slight hollow without clearly defined limits in the SE quadrant. A telegraph pole stands on the bank 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.