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
- Laghta
- Coordinates
- 54.46512, -8.34786
- SMR number
- LE001-050001-
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 knoll. Marked only on the 1907 ed. of the OS 6 inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as 'Laghta'. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims 26m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by a stone-covered scarp surmounted by a field wall. The original entrance is not identified. A hollow (dims 4.4m x 2.2m; D 0.4m) inside the perimeter at S may be a souterrain.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.