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Ringfort - rath

Carney (Jones), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carney (Jones), County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carney (Jones)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.33779, -8.53748
SMR number
SL008-061----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised roughly circular area (diam. c.22m) enclosed by a narrow-topped bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.1m) of earth and stone with a steep external face. At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 5.2m) with a broad flat-topped bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.5m; int. H 1.1m). From SE-SW the internal bank is absent and the edge is defined by a steep scarp (ext. H 2.6m). A modern drain cuts through the external bank at NNW and flows S along the base of the fosse into a marshy area immediately to the SW of the rath. The external bank is barely visible NNE-NE and is not visible at ground level NE-SW. A ramp (Wth 6m) to the exterior 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

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

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