Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on the narrow top of a small ridge; the ground slopes away abruptly c. 10m to NW with more gradual slopes to S and SE. A raised oval area (26m NE-SW; 36.7m NW-SE) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2m) is evident all round except ENE-ESE where the interior is defined by a scarp (H 1.2m), a 5m section of which has been eroded. The outer bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.4m) and the intervening fosse (Wth 2.6m) are best evident SE-W, less well defined W-NE and levelled and infilled NE-SE. A field boundary truncates the outer bank and the intervening fosse at NE. The interior is divided by an E-W trackway, flanked by field boundaries, just N of centre. There is a low rise roughly in the centre of the interior just S of the trackway. A N-S field boundary crosses the SE quadrant of the interior and the remains of another abuts the outer bank at S. Another rath (SL025-119----) lies c. 50m to SE.

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