Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, prominently sited on top of a NNW-SSE ridge, with extensive views in all directions. A roughly square earthen platform (c. 20m N-S; c. 18-19m E-W; H 2m at W; 1.4m at E) with rounded corners except at SW where the platform is truncated by a quarry pit (c.10m across). The high scarp on the W side utilises the natural fall of ground and drops to a narrow terrace (Wth c.4m) from which the ground falls away again for c. 1.5-2m. The terrace is truncated at N and S. The linear scarps defining the N and S sides of the rath appear to be the result of quarrying. The scarp on the E side also appears to have been modified. The top of the platform is generally level but with several shallow surface depressions; there is a low rise in the SE corner. A field boundary skirts the rath N-SE. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 15m).

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