Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowhubbuck South, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowhubbuck South
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21778, -9.08462
- SMR number
- SL016-017001-
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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 close to the W edge of a raised area in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (27.3m NE-SW; 25.7m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.4m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.4m at E, 0.9m at W). Sea shells are visible in exposed sections of the external face of the bank. A break (Wth 2-3m) in the bank at E marks the original entrance. There is an opening to a souterrain (SL016-017002-) close to the inner face of the bank at N.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.