Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardkeeran (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardkeeran (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13089, -8.39648
- SMR number
- SL027-120001-
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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 pasture, at the E end of a low narrow ridge, immediately N of Riverstown village. An oval area (27m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) raised 1.2 and 2m above external ground level in the W and E sectors respectively. The interior is enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m) with the remains of stone facing along the inner face. The outer face of the bank is steep sided. The interior slopes down to SE. There is a possible souterrain (SL027-120002-) in E half of the interior. A gap occurs in the bank at SE (Wth 5m) with a corresponding gentle slope down to the exterior. The upper stone of a rotary quern was found in 1999 adjacent to the rath (Walsh 2000, 280). A disused quarry, indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, lies NW of the rath.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.