Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowwilkin, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowwilkin
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01698, -8.75484
- SMR number
- SL037-097----
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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 a terrace overlooking a stream to S. An arc of a scarp (C 29m NE-SW; H 1.2m) extends E-SSE from the SW side of a NW-SE field boundary. This possible rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a large embanked oval area (c. 45m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) with a limekiln on the bank at SE. The remaining arc may have been used as a ramp up to the limekiln.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.