Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardcumber, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardcumber
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13532, -8.39623
- SMR number
- SL027-123----
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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, on a slight rise at the base of a ridge. A circular area (22m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m) along the SW, NW and NE arcs and by a scarp (H 1.4m) along the SE arc. The SE portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope.
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.