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Ringfort - rath

Ardabrone, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ardabrone, 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
Ardabrone
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.25176, -8.69099
SMR number
SL013-057001-

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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 slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised, circular area (dims. 39m N-S; 40 E-W) enclosed by an internal bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.15m; int. H 0.4m). From SSE-S-W and at E there is an external bank of earth and stone (Wth1.8m; H 0.4m). From SSE-S-W and at E, a fosse (Wth 2.8m) survives between internal and external bank. A break (Wth 3.5m) in the internal bank at SE with a partial causeway across the fosse marks the position of the original entrance. The site is divided into two portions by a gently curving E-W orientated drystone field wall that crosses the internal bank at W and ESE. A small quarry lies to S of centre in the interior with another within internal bank at NE. A souterrain (SL013-057003-) is located immediately to S of centre in the interior within the quarried area on the N side of the dividing wall.

Compiled by: Mark Keegan

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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