Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corhawnagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corhawnagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.20545, -8.54391
- SMR number
- SL020-154----
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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
In pasture, on a rise c. 130m NW of Cooney Lough. A circular area (int. diam. 23m x 21m) enclosed by two banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m) is of earth and stone. The intervening fosse (Wth 4m) is evident all round. The outer earthen bank (Wth 1.6m; H 0.3m) is stone-faced internally and externally. The entrance (Wth 7.5m) with a corresponding causeway across the fosse is at SE overlooking Cooney Lough. A gap (Wth 2m) occurs in the inner bank at N. A curving field boundary (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) is concentric with the outer bank along the NW arc.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.