Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rahan Fort
- Coordinates
- 54.11789, -8.36373
- SMR number
- SL034-044----
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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 natural steep-sided hillock, with a gradual slope on the E side and a stream c. 12m to S. A raised roughly oval area (14m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.6m) along the S, W and N arcs and by a lower scarp along the E arc. The scarp on the W side descends to a small semicircular platform (Wth 6m) which is in turn defined by a scarp (H 0.8m). There is a possible entrance on E side where the hillslope is gradual and the scarp is poorly defined. The interior slopes down to E. There is a holy well (SL034-045----) c. 60m to SE.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.