Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickrathmullin, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickrathmullin
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.04754, -8.50219
- SMR number
- SL039-062----
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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 N-facing slope of a drumlin, overlooking the Dublin-Sligo railway line to NE. A raised circular area (int. diam. 21.5m N-S; 22.8m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.85m) on the N and NW arcs, with an external fosse (Wth at top 3m; D 0.3m) evident along the N arc. Most of S half and part of the E of the rath has been quarried away. The interior slopes down to E. The embankment of the railway line lies c. 40m to ENE of the rath.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.