Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardmoyle, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardmoyle
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94445, -8.37730
- SMR number
- SL047-030----
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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 top of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 35m) enclosed by a well-preserved earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H. 1.75m; ext. H 2m) with an external waterlogged fosse (Wth 5m; D c. 0.7m) and a low counterscarp bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.4m). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) at S with a causeway across the fosse. Some trees grow along the bank. The interior is level. The rath is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map with a field boundary curving around the bank WNW-ENE.
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
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