Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, near the base of a SE-facing slope and c. 30m N of the Owenboy River. A raised roughly oval area (25.8m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) which is low or levelled E-S. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.2m) at ENE, the N face of which is marked by a large stone, and a gap (Wth 1.6m) at N. A band (Wth 2m) of irises and lush grass is evident SW-NW and may indicate a silted-up external fosse. A field boundary, indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map abutting the rath at SSW, has been removed. The broad external slope of the bank here may be the result of piling field boundary material against the bank. The interior slopes down to SE. A level area (c. 11.6m E-W) in the SW quadrant is defined on the E side by a scarp (H 0.7m) which extends c. 6m N from the bank at S. The bank and the interior are covered in long grass. Another rath (SL025-030----) is c. 60m to NNE.

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