Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Altanelvick, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Altanelvick
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.21438, -8.65319
- SMR number
- SL019-108----
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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 rise, with a steep slope on its W side, in otherwise undulating pasture. Raised circular platform (diam. 34.3m) enclosed by a very substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth. 7.6m - 9.6m; int. H 0.9m - 1.6m) atop a mound of earth and stone (H 1.3m - 2.7m). A field boundary wall has been constructed on top of the bank from W-N-NE. At the foot of the mound is a fosse (Wth. 2m - 2.5m) with an outer bank (Wth. 6.2m; H 1.3m). Fosse and outer bank are well preserved from NW-N-E but elsewhere only faint remains are visible. From SW-W-WNW the outer bank has been incorporated into a N-S field boundary wall. Break in bank at E (Wth. 3m) probably represents original entrance. Outside is an area of disturbance, incorporating field clearance stones, which extends towards a corresponding break in the outer bank. Projecting out from the bank at N is a raised U-shaped area (dims. 34m N-S; 25.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.6m - 1.4m). Its E and W sides are relatively straight and its N side curved. At the E side the scarp is kerbed with stone. Within the E quadrant is a hollow (dims. 8m E-W; 10.2m N-S) which may be a quarry hole.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.