Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13405, -8.68355
- SMR number
- SL025-088----
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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 pasture, on a low rise c. 40m W of a disused railway line. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked oval area and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an arc of hachures SE-NE indicating a raised area. The rath is now evident as a circular platform (33.4m NW-SE) with the remnants of an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) NW-N. The S edge is incorporated into a now disused field boundary. The E arc is mostly levelled and the perimeter is only barely discernible. The interior slopes gently down to E. A stone slab (c. 5m x 2m) rests against the external slope at S. A small quarry pit lies immediately to NW.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.