Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Emlagh (coolavin By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emlagh (coolavin By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95412, -8.40166
- SMR number
- SL047-020----
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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 undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.8m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at W with a causeway across the fosse. The ground at the SW side of the rath has been quarried. Remains of an outer bank are visible N-SE in an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJR 7). Another rath (SL047-019----) lies c. 150m to W.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.