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
- 54.21232, -8.52182
- SMR number
- SL020-159----
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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
On a slight N-facing slope overlooking Ballysadare Bay. A circular area (int. diam. 25m) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) and the outer bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.5m) are evident all round. The fosse (Wth 4.5m) survives best along the SE arc. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is at S with a causeway across the fosse. Trees and bushes grow along the perimeter.
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
- Mineunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.