Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathnarrow (o'Hara), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnarrow (o'Hara)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14350, -8.57020
- SMR number
- SL026-111----
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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
On a rise, in undulating pasture. A circular platform (int. diam. 30m) enclosed on top by an inner earthen bank and at its base by a fosse and outer bank. The inner bank (Wth 6.5m; int. H 1.1m) is most substantial along the S arc where the bank and platform are 5m above ground level. Along the N arc, the bank is c. 2m above ground level. The fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.6m) is best evident along the E and N arcs and is waterlogged. The outer bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.3m) is evident all round but is most substantial along the E arc. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at E with a causeway and a ramp (Wth 3m) which curves in a northerly direction across the fosse to the exterior. Some trees and bushes grow on the external side of the inner bank and on the platform.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.