Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rosses Lower, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosses Lower
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.31534, -8.55495
- SMR number
- SL008-098----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Spanning level summit of narrow E-W ridge in undulating rocky pasture. Natural ground level slopes down steeply immediately to the N and S of the site. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c.22m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m). At the external base of the bank is a berm (max. Wth 4m) and an external broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4-5.5m; D 1-1.4m). The internal and external sides of the bank appear to have been revetted with limestone slabs laid on edge. The berm and the fosse are present from SW-NW and NE-SE. The steeply sloping sides of the ridge slope down from the external base of the bank from SE-SW and from NW-NE. A break (Wth c.3m) in the bank at ESE marks the position of the original entrance. There is an annex located immediately to the W of the rath. This consists of a roughly rectangular area (dims. 22m N-S; 14m E-W) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.4m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 1.15; D 0.2m). The bank of the annex extends in an E-W direction from the NW side of the bank of the rath. The W side of the annex is defined by a bank with an external fosse that lies 4m from and parallel to the fosse of the rath. The S side of the annex is defined by a 7m length of bank linking at a right angle to the bank defining the W side and by the steep S-facing natural slope of the ridge.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.