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
- 53.97072, -8.82014
- SMR number
- SL042-025----
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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, at the SW end of a bog island; to W and S of the rath the ground slopes steeply down to the bog. A raised oval area (30m NW-SE; 23.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.7m) NW-SE and by a steep scarp elsewhere. A shallow external fosse (Wth c. 5m; D 0.05m) is evident along the N and NE arcs. The interior is covered with overgrowth and raised 0.2-2m in height above external ground level. Numerous stones have been dumped in the E portion of the interior.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.