Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11665, -8.34781
- SMR number
- SL034-049----
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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 newly planted forestry, just W of the highest point of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (26m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by the low remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.9m) along the N, E and S arcs and by a scarp (H 1.2m) along the W arc. The bank is best preserved along the E arc. A shallow external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.2m) is marked by a heavy growth of rushes. There is a thick cover of rushes growing on the rath. Another rath (SL034-050----) is c. 50m to SW.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.