Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonena, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonena
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.01273, -8.47930
- SMR number
- SL044-024----
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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, with commanding views. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 28m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.5m) on the S side. The interior is uneven and slopes gently down to W. There is a trigonometrical station in the centre of the interior. The S perimeter is overgrown with gorse.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.