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Ringfort - rath

Ardnaglass Lower, County Sligo, Ireland

The record

Townland
Ardnaglass Lower
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.38403, -8.50854
SMR number
SL005-080002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight N-facing slope in pasture. Two co-joined raths. The bank of the southern rath links to the bank of the N rath (SL005-080001-) at SSE and at SSW. The southernmost rath is very degraded and difficult to trace on the ground and consists of a slightly raised circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (H 0.2m). The scarped edge encloses the site NE-NW. From NW-NE, the edge of the rath is defined by the bank is shares with the N rath. A modern field boundary skirts the external base of the scarped edge at SW. The interior of the S rath is 1m higher that that of the N rath. The original entrance to either rath is not recognisable.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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