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Ringfort - cashel

Sracummer (Rosclogher By.), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Sracummer, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Sracummer (Rosclogher By.)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
54.42816, -8.20708
SMR number
LE002-040----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a knoll in an undulating landscape c. 650m from the S shore of Lough Melvin. A fragment of a wall-footing (Wth 1.3m; H 0.2m-0.4m) survives N-SSE (Chord c. 15m) at the summit of a rush-covered area from what was known locally as a fort, but the perimeter cannot be traced elsewhere. Archaeological testing (18E0535) for a water-pipe on the farm-lane immediately to the W demonstrated that the road had been excavated into the subsoil and there were no archaeological features remaining (Halpin 2018).

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
Amended: 10 January 2020

References

Halpin, E. 2018 Archaeological testing relating to the proposed developments at Sracummer, Co. Leitrim. Licence No. 18E0535. Unpublished report, Archaeology and Heritage Consultancy

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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