Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacarrow North, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacarrow North
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14147, -8.56109
- SMR number
- SL026-120003-
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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 level pasture, close to a break of slope. The most north-eastern of three conjoined raths (see SL026-120001- and SL026-120002-) in a NE-SW row. Evident as a slightly raised D-shaped area (diam. 23m) defined NW-N by a low scarp, E-S by a scarp (H 0.5m) with a slight internal lip (Wth 1m) and on the straight SW side by a linear field boundary (Wth 1.5m). This field boundary truncates the rath from S-NW and together with a farm pathway (Wth 3m) separates it from the rath (SL026-120002-) immediately to SW. The interior is level.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.