Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In undulating pasture, overlooking a stream and steep-sided valley to N. Incorporating a low flat-topped natural hillock and truncated at W by a drystone field boundary. A roughly semicircular area (28m N-S; 21.5m E-W) defined by a moss-covered stone wall (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) N-S. The wall consists of rubble limestone with occasional larger blocks and the only evidence for an external facing is a single upright limestone slab (H 1.25m; Wth 1m; T 0.4m) at E. There are no visible remains of this wall S-N. A fosse (D 0.8m) is evident N-NE. Due to the natural hillock the interior is raised above the level of the enclosing wall. The hillock is roughly circular and flat-topped (7m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.75m) with gently sloping sides. There is a souterrain (SL035-015002-) in the interior.

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