Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowlustia, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowlustia
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.29567, -8.39832
- SMR number
- SL015-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a moderate S-facing slope in rough pasture. Raised oval area (dims. 39m E-W; 35m N-S) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth (Wth 5.05m; int. H 1.5-2.1m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 5.1m; D 1.5-2.3m). From SE-SSW the bank is absent and the edge of the site is defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.9m). The fosse is in-filled and barely discernible ESE-WSW.An E-W orientated field boundary bank links to the cashel bank at W. The fosse is in-filled and barely discernible ESE-WSW. A N-S orientated field boundary bank lies along the outer edge of the fosse E-ESE. The original entrance is not recognisable. There are small livestock traffic breaks (Wth 0.7m) in the bank at WNW, N and at E. The interior of the site has been levelled up and raised on the S side to compensate for the underlying natural slope while the N side is lower than external ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.