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Ringfort - cashel

Doon, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Doon, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Doon
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.97103, -8.55297
SMR number
SL044-059001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In stony pasture, on top of a hillock. A raised circular area (int. diam. 27.5m N-S; 29.1m E-W) defined by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) along the E and S arcs and by a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. Apart from a section at SE, the wall may have been replaced by a field boundary. The interior rises towards the centre. There is a possible souterrain (SL044-059002-) in the NW quadrant. This cashel and the possible raths (SL044-085----) are probably those referred to as 'several old forts' in 1836 in the townland of Doon (OSNB vol. 1, 422).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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