Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sroove, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sroove
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94797, -8.47700
- SMR number
- SL046-022----
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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 ridge, overlooking Lough Gara. A circular area (int. diam. 29m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (T 2.2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) heavily eroded along the SE and SW arcs. The intervening fosse (Wth 2.8m) and the outer earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) are evident all round except along the S arc. The entrance (Wth 1m) is at NNW with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is uneven. The rath is heavily overgrown with trees and shrubs.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.