Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownacarrick, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownacarrick
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15202, -8.58199
- SMR number
- SL026-084----
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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 woodland, on a rise on a gentle S-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 28.5m N-S; 38.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse and planted with trees. The bank is well preserved along the W arc (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.8m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.2m) at NE with a causeway across the fosse and a gap (Wth 1m) in the bank at E. The fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m) is deepest along the E arc. There is a hollow (Wth c. 20m) dug out of the fosse at E and planted with trees.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.