Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathnarrow (brett), County Sligo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.