Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carricknahorna East, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carricknahorna East
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02706, -8.35250
- SMR number
- SL040-185----
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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 S-facing slope and immediately N of a road. The rath is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) bisected by a NNW-SSE lane. An arc of an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; H 0.5-1m), overgrown with trees and bushes, is now evident on the W side of lane. The bank is levelled on the E side of the lane and this half of the rath is now used as a garden.
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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.