Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardloy, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardloy
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09787, -8.40179
- SMR number
- SL034-110----
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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 top of a ridge. A raised oval area (23m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.3m) with numerous gaps and some upright stones along the inner face. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1m) at NE where the enclosing earthen bank along the E arc extends outwards towards the N. The line of an external fosse is indicated as a band (Wth 2m) of irises. Field boundaries (on a NW-SE axis) are adjacent to the NE and SW arcs. There is another rath (SL034-108001-) c. 10m to the NW with a passage tomb (SL034-109----) in between.
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
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.