Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigans Lower, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigans Lower
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11479, -8.49403
- SMR number
- SL033-020----
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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
On a break of a SE-facing slope. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 26m) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m). There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m) at S with a causeway across the fosse. The rath is partially covered with overgrowth.
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
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 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.