Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sandyhill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sandyhill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97912, -8.78816
- SMR number
- SL042-027----
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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 a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. c. 32m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1m) along the SE and SW arcs and by a scarp elsewhere. A shallow external fosse (Wth c. 7m; D 0.10m) is evident along the SE, S and SW arcs. The edge of the rath has recently been truncated at NW. The interior is raised 0.7m to 1.25m above external ground level. A field boundary and a lane skirt the edge of the rath NNW-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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.