Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonlaughil, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonlaughil
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.98054, -8.81293
- SMR number
- SL042-023----
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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 level pasture. A raised oval area (29.2m N-S; 33.8m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.75m) with numerous gaps. An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.3m; D 0.3m) is evident SW-NE and SE-S. A silted-up pond adjoins the fosse at NW. The interior is raised 0.5-0.75m in height above external ground level, is mostly grass-covered except for the S portion which is overgrown with hawthorn 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.