Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumbaun, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumbaun
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01226, -8.78152
- SMR number
- SL042-007----
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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 flat terrace above the Owengarve River c. 100m to S. A slightly raised circular area (26.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m). Numerous gaps occur in the bank. An external fosse (Wth 5.3m; D c. 0.3m) is evident WNW-ENE and along the SW arc. The interior is grass-covered. The edge of the rath is overgrown with hawthorn and 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.