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Ringfort - cashel

Greenan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Greenan, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Greenan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.04826, -8.42151
SMR number
SL040-071001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rocky pasture, on a flat-topped rise overlooking Lough Gowra and within a field system (SL040-063001-). Conjoined along the E arc to an enclosure (SL040-071002-) which is located on a lower level. A raised oval area (int. diam. 20m x 17.2m) defined by two concentric ruinous stone walls and a short section of a third wall. The inner wall (Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.75m) of limestone slabs, boulders and rubble has a gap (Wth 2.8m) at N. The middle wall (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) forms the W arc of the conjoined enclosure and also has a gap at N. The inner and middle walls are 2m apart. An arc of outer wall (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.55m) is evident 1.8m outside the middle wall SW-NW, merging with it at SW. The interior is strewn with sod-covered stones, possibly upcast from the souterrain (SL040-071003-) in the NE quadrant. A kerb circle (SL040-072----) lies c. 30m to SE.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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