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
- 53.99601, -8.72261
- SMR number
- SL043-001001-
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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 gentle S-facing slope. When inspected in 1994 it consisted of a slightly raised circular area (28m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.75m). A dry flat-bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 6m) was evident all round. A flat-topped outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.75m) was evident SSE-NW. There was a field boundary on the line of the outer bank NW-NE. A causewayed entrance (Wth 2.2m) was at E. The interior was covered in bracken and brambles and there is a souterrain (SL043-001002-) in the NW quadrant. An earthwork (SL043-002----) lies c. 100m 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 revision: 22 April 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fia1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.