Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whitehill (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitehill (tirerrill By., Aghanagh Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05707, -8.35251
- SMR number
- SL040-046----
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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 the N end of a ridge. A circular concave area (int. diam. 32.2m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.9m) covered with deciduous trees. An external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.7m) is evident all round but best preserved along the W and S arcs; it is possibly recut along the W arc as the external face of the bank is almost vertical at this point. There is a wide gap at NW.
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.