Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bellanascarva, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellanascarva
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11917, -8.38453
- SMR number
- SL034-021----
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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 slight W-facing slope. A roughly circular slightly raised area (diam. 20m) defined by the low remains of an earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.15m) SE-NE. No remains of the enclosing bank elsewhere as a N-S lane abuts the E perimeter. The interior is gently undulating, dry and clear of overgrowth. The N edge of the interior is crossed by an E-W field boundary. Another rath (SL034-022----) is c. 150m 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.