Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying pasture, on a break of a NE-facing slope. The more north-easterly of the two conjoined raths (SL032-043001-). A roughly circular area (33m NE-SW; 30.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a sod-covered stone bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 1-1.45m; ext. H 1.3m) topped by a stone field boundary. The stone bank appears quite compact S-NE but NE-SE it has a high broad external slump (Wth 4.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m). The stone field boundary (Wth 0.7-1m) has been grafted onto the inner face and top of the stone bank, creating a fairly vertical internal face and raising its height by c. 0.3-0.5m. The level interior is slightly lower than exterior ground level along the WSW arc and slightly higher along the ENE arc. According to local information, this rath is known as 'the pen'.

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