Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Falleens, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Falleens
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95488, -8.45913
- SMR number
- SL046-008----
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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 poorly drained rough pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope, close to the shore of Lough Gara; a disused railway line lies immediately to E. A slightly raised D-shaped area (dims. 29.7m N-S; min. 25m E-W) defined on the straight E side by a vertical scarp (H 1.8m) resulting from truncation during the construction of the railway line, S-SW by a curving earth and stone bank (Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.05m), SW-NW mainly by a scarp (H 0.6m) with a low internal rim in places, NW-N by a slumped bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.45m) and N-NE by a scarp (H 0.75m). A slight depression (Wth c. 3m) outside the bank SSW-SW and another NNW-N, marked by damp ground and rushes, may indicate the line of an external fosse. The interior slopes down gently from the centre to NE, has slight traces of cultivation ridges and is crossed by a NNE-SSW field boundary wall.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.