Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowcrin (Carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowcrin (Carbury By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23523, -8.56604
- SMR number
- SL020-002001-
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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)
- 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a rise in undulating ground in pasture within view of Knocknarea. This bivallate ringfort comprises an oval area (int. dims. 36m by 12.40m) enclosed by an inner bank (Wth 7m, H 2.20m). There is an external ditch (Wth 4m) and lower outer bank (Wth 3.20m, H 0.60m) with no indication of an external ditch or an entrance.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 29th July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.