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Ringfort - rath

Rathnarrow (O'Hara), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathnarrow (O'Hara), 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 (O'Hara)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.14350, -8.57020
SMR number
SL026-111----

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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

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

Nearby in the register

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

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