Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowcashel (tirerrill By., Ballynashee Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowcashel (tirerrill By., Ballynashee Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11134, -8.26008
- SMR number
- SL035-022001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 poor pasture, on a slight SW-facing slope. A slightly raised roughly circular area (20m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) SSE-E and elsewhere by a scarp. A steep W-facing slope breaks under the external base of the bank element SW-NE. The SW portion of the undulating interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The N half is poached by cattle. There is a possible souterrain (SL035-022002-) in the NE quadrant.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.