Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lecarrow (tireragh By., Buncrowey Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lecarrow (tireragh By., Buncrowey Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24153, -8.89264
- SMR number
- SL017-024001-
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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 on a gentle E-facing slope of a low NNW-SSE ridge in undulating pasture. Circular area (diam. 18.5m) enclosed by a bank (Wth. 4.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m) of earth and stone which has been levelled from N-E-ESE. Original entrance not recognisable. Projecting into the interior from the inner face of the bank at WSW is a small subcircular structure, possibly a hut site (SL017-024002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
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.