Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownaworan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownaworan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11308, -8.66213
- SMR number
- SL032-050----
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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 gentle S-facing slope. A raised roughly circular area (27m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp (max. H 1m). The external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.2m) is evident along the N arc. The fosse is visible all round as a shadow site in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033163-4). The interior slopes gently down to S. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.