Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking a bog. A roughly oval area (40m NE-SW; 33.5m NW-SE) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 5m). The interior is enclosed by a curving bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.9m) NNE-S, by a scarp (H 0.9m) S-SW, by a curving bank SW-W and elsewhere by a linear bank which forms a right angled corner at NW. The outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.4m) is evident all round, topped by a field boundary NW-NNE. There is a stone-revetted entrance (Wth 2m) at ESE through the inner and outer banks, with a causeway across the fosse. The S and SW portions of the interior are raised c. 0.7m above the external ground level and the N and NE portions are cut into the hillslope to compensate for slope, though the interior still retains a gentle slope down 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