Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Achonry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08711, -8.66368
- SMR number
- SL032-148001-
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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, just below the crest of a rise on a N-facing slope. An oval area (25m N-S; 30m E-W) terraced into the hillslope with the S half of the interior up to 0.6m below, and the N half up to 0.4m above, the external ground level. A scarp defining the S half of the interior is revetted in parts by large stones. A meandering bank (SL032-148002-), visible as a shadow site in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033158-9) in the field to N and E of the rath, is not visible at ground level.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.