Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigans Upper, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigans Upper
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.10081, -8.49897
- SMR number
- SL033-061----
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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 S-facing slope and within a field system (SL033-070----). A circular area (int. diam 35.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) which is best preserved along the S arc. An external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.4m) is best preserved along the N and W arcs. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2m) in the S arc where a field boundary (on an ENE-WSW axis) extends from the rath. The interior slopes gently down to S. There is a hut site (SL033-196----) c. 100m to E.
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.