Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carncash, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carncash
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.30115, -8.44932
- SMR number
- SL008-152----
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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 N-facing slope in gently undulating rocky pasture. A steep WSW-ENE orientated N-facing natural scarp abuts the edge of the site at N. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5.3m; int. H 1.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NW-NNE the bank has been removed by rock quarry (now disused) that has been cut into the N facing natural slope that abuts the N side of the site. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at SSE marks the position of the original entrance. There is a small livestock break through the bank at NE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 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.