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Ringfort - rath

Carrowlustia, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrowlustia, 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
Carrowlustia
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.29567, -8.39832
SMR number
SL015-012----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 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)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (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

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

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