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
- 54.08368, -8.66626
- SMR number
- SL032-186----
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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 the summit of a rise. A raised roughly circular area (35.3m N-S; 38.5m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) with numerous gaps. The entrance (Wth 3m) is in the E arc. The external flat-bottomed dry fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.3m) survives along the S arc. Disused field boundaries, consisting of low banks and scarps, extend outwards from the E and SE arcs. A quarry cuts into the W edge of the rath.
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.