Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greyfield (coolavin By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greyfield (coolavin By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00267, -8.50841
- SMR number
- SL044-019----
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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 low-lying pasture, c. 30m NE of the Owenmore River. A slightly raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 29.4m x 26.8m) defined by a scarp (H 1m) with an external fosse (Wth. 2.6m; D 0.5m) evident along the N arc. The interior slopes down to S. The perimeter and fosse are overgrown with hedgerows. In 1836 three 'old forts' (see SL044-080---- and SL044-021----) were recorded in the townland of Greyfield (OSNB vol. 1, 423).
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.