Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carney (o'Beirne), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carney (o'Beirne)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.34188, -8.53278
- SMR number
- SL008-060----
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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 SSE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c.25m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.5m) of earth broad flat-topped profile with a steep external face. At the external base of the bank is a broad flat-bottomed profile fosse (Wth 6.9m; D 0.6-1.6m). A break (Wth 4m) in the bank, with a causeway across the fosse, at SE marks the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.