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In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A circular platform (diam. 32.5m; H 1.2m) with a gently sloping top. The base of the platform is enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.2m). There is another rath (SL026-088----) c. 50m to the N. 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----; SL026-088----) 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
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