Indicated

In pasture, on top of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) is best preserved along the S and W arcs. The fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 1m) is best preserved along the S arc. Mature birch trees grow on the rath. There is another rath (SL026-089----) c. 50m to the S. O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 66-7) suggests that a fort, known locally as 'Ardcree-fort' and within a thousand yards of Ardcree bridge, was possibly the site of the 'castle of Rath-Ard-creeve' which was burned by Hugh O'Connor in 1265. It is not certain to which of the three forts (SL026-087----; SL026-089----) in the townland O'Rorke was referring. 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