Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture, close to a break of slope. The most south-western of three conjoined raths (see SL026-120002- and SL026-120003-) in a NE-SW row. A slightly raised circular area (24m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed S-N by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.15m) with a well-defined external face and a low internal rim and by a low broadly sloping scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 0.55m) N-NE, petering out to a slight undulation E-S. The bank at N swings wide of the circuit of the enclosure and continues to NE intersecting with the bank of the adjoining rath (SL026-120002-) but this appears to be the result of a later modification of both. The interior has a very slight slope down to E. At N-NE the scarp slumps into a shallow fosse-like depression (Wth 2m) that separates this rath from the bank of the adjoining rath (SL026-120002-).

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