Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardvarney, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardvarney
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12189, -8.37098
- SMR number
- SL034-018----
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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 a clearing in coniferous forest, on a slight NE-facing slope. This rath was described during a previous site inspection in 1992 as a poorly preserved roughly circular area (c. 18m N-S, c. 16m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.3m) with a stone core along the N arc. The remainder of the rath was barely discernible as it had been heavily disturbed by forestry cultivation ridge, a N-S farm track which crosses the E side of the interior and a field boundary which truncates the E perimeter (SMR (1989) file). This rath is now completely inaccessible due to 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.