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Ringfort - rath

Crumpaun, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Crumpaun, 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
Crumpaun
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.37306, -8.33355
SMR number
LE003-029----

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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

Marked as a small circular feature described as a ‘fort’ on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured feature on the 1909 ed. It is situated near at the head of a small U-shaped valley overlooking Glenade valley to the E and NE with the headwaters of a small stream c. 100m to the SE. It is a circular area (diam. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) within a coniferous forest which is defined by the remains of an earthen bank best preserved NW-NE (Wth 5m; max. int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m), but reduced to an external scarp (min. H 0.3m at S, downslope) elsewhere. The bank is accompanied by traces of a fosse (Wth 4m) NW-NE and the entrance (Wth 2m) is evident as a dip in the perimeter at S.

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

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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