Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowreagh (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04591, -8.92822
- SMR number
- SL036-018----
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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 the lower S slopes of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. 25m) terraced into hillside, with the N portion c. 1.4m below and S portion c. 1.5m above the external ground level. The interior slopes gently down to S and is defined by a bank along the W, N and E arcs and by a scarp (H 1.5m) along the S arc. The original composition of the bank was not visible due to turves dumped on the bank; dumping is minimal on the E arc where the original defences appear to be formed by a stone wall (Wth 2m; H 0.5m). A field boundary crosses the S portion of the interior. There is a cashel (SL036-019----) c. 80m to S.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.