Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Carrownree (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownree (tireragh By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.24849, -8.69548
- SMR number
- SL013-059001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.2m; int. H 1m). From NE-NNE and at ESE the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 1.6m). Where the bank survives, it is revetted on the outer face with large limestone blocks. The fosse has been infilled on all sides but is visible as a band (Wth 10m) of darker grass. A break in the bank at SE (Wth 3.2m) marks the position of the original entrance. The interior of the site slopes gently facing-E. Extending into the interior from the inner face of the bank are two house sites, one at NW (SL013-059003-) and one at SE (SL013-059003-). There is no evidence now visible for the possible souterrain (SL013-059003-) identified by a previous fieldworker in 1991 (SMR (1989) file).
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 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.