Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloghoge Lower, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghoge Lower
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06910, -8.37287
- SMR number
- SL040-021----
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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 break of an E-facing slope in the Bricklieve Mountains. A raised oval area (int. diam. 37m x 33m) enclosed by an inner earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 2.1m), an outer earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1m) and an intervening fosse (max. Wth 6.7m). There is an entrance with a causeway (Wth 3m) at W. The E portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is divided by a stone wall.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.