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Ringfort - rath

Rathnarrow (Brett), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathnarrow (Brett), County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathnarrow (Brett)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Rathnarrow
Coordinates
54.14527, -8.58107
SMR number
SL026-110001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a ridge. A roughly circular platform (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 5m). Traces of an outer bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.2m) are evident along the SE arc. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at the E side with a causeway and ramp (Wth 2m) across the fosse. The platform and bank are overgrown with trees and bushes. There is a possible souterrain (SL027-110002-) in the W half of the interior. In 1836 it was recorded that 'Rath na Rígh is the name of a fort in a division of land called by the people Ceathramh Ráth na Ríghthe' (OSL, 432).

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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