Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Wardhouse, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wardhouse
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fory
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.47081, -8.34240
- SMR number
- LE001-027----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 top of a rise in an undulating landscape beside the seashore at Donegal Bay. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 38m E-W; 37.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8m; int. H 1.1m at SSW to 1.8m at N; ext. H 1.35m at SW to 2.45m at NE) which is separated by a fosse (Wth 3.9m at NE to 7m at SW; max. D 0.7m) from intermittent traces of an outer earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 0.4m). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at ESE. Standing stone (LE001-026----) is c. 20m to the W.
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.
See the attached aerial view from E _1 and S _2
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.