Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mountgaffeny, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountgaffeny
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03217, -8.34340
- SMR number
- SL040-175----
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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 top of a ridge overlooking Lough Arrow to E. A raised oval area (H 1.35m; diam. 39m x 33m) with gently sloping sides. An E-W field boundary crosses the N half of the interior, while the S half is covered with overgrowth. An external fosse is visible as a band of dark vegetation in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, G 218-7).
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.