Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardabrone, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardabrone
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.25176, -8.69099
- SMR number
- SL013-057001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.