Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardlona, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardlona
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94575, -8.40876
- SMR number
- SL047-022----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Near the top of a short moderately steep, N-facing pasture slope, at the W end of a low E-W ridge, overlooking Lough Gara to W. A fairly poorly preserved, large oval area (52m NW-SE; 43m NE-SW) is enclosed by an overgrown low, broad earthen bank (int. H 0.3-0.4m; av. Wth 8m; ext. H 1.5-1.7m) and a wide outer fosse (Wth 5-7m; D 0.8-1.6m) NNE-E-S-NW, and by a long low scarp (H 1.1m) NW-N. A modern wooden bridge spans the fosse at ENE and a ramped, modern gap (Wth 3.8m) gives access at SSW. The interior slopes slightly downwards from SE to NW and is in meadow grass.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 12 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.