Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In undulating pasture, on the E side of a low rise. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 29.5m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and a counterscarp bank. The inner bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) is low internally all round and is levelled for a short section to W. Traces of internal stone revetment were noted. The fosse and counterscarp bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.2m) are evident SSW-N. An E-W field boundary at S obscures the line of the fosse. There is a narrow gap (Wth 1.4m) in the bank at SSE, partially lined with stones. The interior slopes down to E. There is a thick band of nettles inside the bank in the W half of the interior. There is a heap of stones (3m E-W; 1.5m N-S; H 0.4m) roughly in the centre of the N half of the interior and another similar heap (diam. 2m; H 0.2m) in the S half, to E of which is rough arc of stones (C 4m). The bank is ringed with hawthorn bushes.

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