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Ringfort - rath

Carrowreagh (Tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrowreagh, 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
Carrowreagh (Tireragh By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.26575, -8.67093
SMR number
SL013-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on a very slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3.8m; int. H 0.75m). The bank is best preserved S-W where internal face is revetted with upright limestone slabs laid flat. The external fosse survives from NW-NNW and is infilled elsewhere. There are modern breaks in the bank at NW (Wth. 6m) and at SE (Wth. 5m). The enclosure is divided into two equal portions by a drystone wall aligned NW-SE. The interior has been quarried immediately within the bank at NW and WNW. Two features (SL013-023001- and SL013-023002-) interpreted in a 1991 field report as collapsed souterrain passages (SMR file) were shown to be quarry holes.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 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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