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
- 54.10999, -8.26057
- SMR number
- SL035-023----
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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 rough pasture, on the edge of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 25.9m x 26.1m) enclosed by three eroded earth and stone banks with wide intervening fosses. The inner bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.55m) drops 0.9m to the base of the inner fosse (Wth 1m). The middle bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.2m) drops 0.8m to the base of the middle fosse (Wth 2.6m). The outer bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.7m) follows the edge of the slope. The entrance (Wth 3.1m) is in the S arc. The interior is uneven and sloping.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.