Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on top of a narrow ridge. A raised circular area (37.1m N-S; 34.8m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 7.1m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 3.15m) has traces of internal stone revetment along the S and W arcs and at NNE its external slope has been quarried into for a distance of 6m. The intervening fosse (Wth 4m) is evident all round apart from E-ESE. The outer bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1m) is evident all round apart from N-NNE where it has been incorporated into a field boundary and E-ESE where it is levelled and replaced by a field boundary. At N a small section of the external slope of the outer bank has been quarried into. The S half of the interior is slightly higher than the N half with a gentle slope down to NE and E. The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at E, with traces of possible stone-facing visible.

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