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
- 54.13559, -8.55735
- SMR number
- SL026-128----
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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 the N edge of Ballynacarrow village, in waste ground wedged between the realigned main road and a lay-by. This possible rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m) and on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as a circular raised area truncated at E by a N-S field boundary. According to local information, the rath was partially levelled during the road realignment in the 1950s. Part of the S quadrant remains as a raised triangular area of waste ground but, due to overgrowth, it is very difficult to inspect. The area is defined SE-SW by a scarp (C c. 10m; H c. 0.8m). The NW side (L c. 20m) of the triangle is defined by the main road and the E side by a field boundary.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.