Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardlona, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardlona
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94488, -8.40598
- SMR number
- SL047-023----
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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, on top of a ridge overlooking Lough Gara to the NW. The remains of a raised circular area (int. diam. 23.5m), truncated by an E-W field boundary, is best evident on the S side of this boundary. There are traces of an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m) at E. An arc of a possible bank, which is evident E-W on the S side of the field fence, is visible in an aerial photograph (ACAP V227/36-7).
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.