Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Achonry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08506, -8.65787
- SMR number
- SL032-150----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level dry ground above bogland to S and E. A raised circular area (34m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by two earthen banks with an intervening flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.2m). The inner flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.9m) is evident S-ESE, elsewhere the interior is defined by a scarp. The outer flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.8m) is evident W-S. The inner bank is stone faced internally in parts.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.