Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (tirerrill By., Templevanny Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06422, -8.36185
- SMR number
- SL040-035----
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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 undulating pasture, overlooking Lough Arrow to E. A raised oval area (int. diam. 26m x 24m) truncated along the W arc by a road and enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.5m). Remains of internal stone facing are evident along the N arc. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.75m) at S. The interior rises towards the centre and is covered with nettles and mature trees; the E half is crossed by a field boundary on a N-S axis.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.