Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Wardhouse, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wardhouse
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.46658, -8.36046
- SMR number
- LE001-010----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight rise overlooking a S-N stream c. 45m to the W and the seashore of Donegal Bay c. 45m to the N. This is a grass-covered circular mound (diam. 26m; H 0.8-1.2m) defined by a flat- bottomed fosse (Wth 4-6m) and an outer earth and stone bank (Wth 6-8m; H over fosse 0.7- 1m; ext. H 0.5m). There is no identifiable original entrance. The outer bank is truncated slightly by a NNW-SSE field wall at W, and slightly clipped by field banks at S and E (max. ext. dim. 51.5m N-S).
See the attached aerial view taken from the E
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.