Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrownoona, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownoona
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.40193, -8.31822
- SMR number
- LE003-009001-
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Just E of the summit of a N-S ridge on the floor of Glenade valley with the S-N Duff River c. 100m to the E. Overgrown circular area (diam. 27m) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m at SW (upslope) to 1.4m at NE) with slight traces of an outer fosse, and an external bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2m) SE-W-NW. Souterrain (LE003-00902-) is in the interior and the monument is bisected by a NE-SW field wall.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.