Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickcoola, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickcoola
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15252, -8.36781
- SMR number
- SL027-090001-
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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 rough grazing, amidst natural rock outcrops, on top of a ridge. A circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by the remains of a bank or wall, now evident as the lower two or three courses of internal and external facing of limestone slabs (Wth c. 5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.2m). The interior is uneven and strewn with sod-covered stones. A slightly raised rectangular area (c. 10m x 6m) is roughly in the centre, immediately S of which is a hollow (4m x 3m). There is a souterrain (SL027-090002-) in the W half of the interior. There is a rock outcrop close to the wall in the E half.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.