Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Montiagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Montiagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00079, -8.80403
- SMR number
- SL042-005----
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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
On the S-facing slope of a rise. The interior is raised (max. 2m) above the surrounding ground level and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. 0.6m) along the S, W and N arcs. It is quarried into at NE and SE. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. 35m). On the 1911 OS 6-inch map it is more oval in shape (long axis E-W), with the S and W arcs shown as straight sided and incorporated into a field boundary system, and indentations along the NE and SE arcs. The rath is heavily overgrown with blackthorn bushes.
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
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.