Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowgarry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowgarry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19166, -9.09684
- SMR number
- SL016-055001-
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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)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument straddles the top of a narrow N-S ridge. At the W foot of the ridge is the Devlin River. Raised oval area (32m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.6m), whose inner face displays traces of internal stone kerbing, with an external fosse (Wth 2.2m). At the outer edge of the fosse is a second bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.45m). Corresponding breaks (Wth. 3m) in the banks at Nw probably represents the original entrance. The centre of the enclosed area is artificially raised. There is a local tradition of a souterrain (SL016-055002-) in the interior.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Slab-lined burialunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.