Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Abbeytown, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeytown
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21064, -8.53176
- SMR number
- SL020-157001-
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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 level pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 35m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.4m). An in-turned entrance (Wth 3m, narrowing to 1.9m towards interior; L 4m) is at NE. A NW-SE road crosses the SW quadrant of the interior. There is a possible hut site (SL020-157002-) in the NW quadrant.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.