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
- 54.00840, -8.75605
- SMR number
- SL042-009----
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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 gentle N-facing slope. An oval area (46m NE-SW; 40.7m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.5m). An external flat-bottomed dry fosse (Wth 6m; D 0.8m) is evident SSE-N. Numerous gaps occur in the bank. The N portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A field boundary, with a lane and stream beyond, skirts the bank at NE. A second field boundary (on a NNE-SSW axis) crosses the W half of the interior. There is a small disused quarry in the field to E.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.