Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonanure, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonanure
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00627, -8.48533
- SMR number
- SL044-022001-
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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 top of a drumlin ridge. The rath is indicated on the 1942-3 OS 6-inch map as a raised circular area (diam. c. 30m). The rath is now levelled and evident only as a roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 29m N-S; c. 27m E-W) defined by a low scarp. An enclosing bank (H c. 0.6m) was noted during a previous site inspection in 1964 (SMR (1989) file).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.