Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Wardhouse, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wardhouse
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.45688, -8.34645
- SMR number
- LE001-044001-
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. Overgrown oval area (int. dims 32m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.2m at N to 2.05m at SSE; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m at NE to 1.9m at NW) with sandstone boulder facing-stones and a rubble core. An external annexe (Wth 11m) attached to N and defined by an overgrown wall W-NE may be the original line of the perimeter. A subrectangular house site (ext. dims 8.5m x 6.5m) in the centre is defined by a stone wall spread (Wth 2m; H 0.25m).
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
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.