Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a steep-sided low rise, on the lower S slope of the Ox Mountains. A raised circular area (27.5m NW-SE; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.75m) NW-SE and by a scarp elsewhere. The bank and scarp are revetted externally by the remains of a drystone wall (Wth c. 0.75m) NW-SW, composed of large rectangular stone blocks. A field boundary on top of the scarp SW-NW, joins a second field boundary at SW which crosses the S half of the interior on E-W axis. An external flat-bottomed dry fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.4m) is evident along the W arc. A level area (Wth 4m), at the base of the bank externally along the N and NE arcs, is defined by a scarp (H 0.4m). There is a cashel (SL036-025----) c. 140m to NNW and another cashel (SL036-026----) c. 50m to SW.

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