Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardcumber, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardcumber
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.13995, -8.40670
- SMR number
- SL027-107----
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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 undulating pasture, on top of a low ridge. A circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth c. 3m) along the S arc. The narrow external fosse along the E arc may be of recent construction. The interior is slightly concave with some large boulders scattered across the surface. There are two other raths (SL027-105----; SL027-106----) c. 110m and c. 50m to W respectively.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.