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Ringfort - unclassified

Carrownree (Tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Carrownree, 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
Carrownree (Tireragh By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.24849, -8.69548
SMR number
SL013-059001-

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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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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