Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownacleigha, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownacleigha
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.16885, -8.60835
- SMR number
- SL025-047----
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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 undulating pasture, on a rise. A raised circular area (diam. 24.8m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.6m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. A slight depression (Wth 3m) outside the bank SW-NW may indicate a silted-up fosse. A section of bank and the interior at N has been quarried into. The interior is slightly uneven with a low rise in the centre. There are hawthorn bushes along the bank.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.