Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creelevea (Rosclogher By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creelevea (Rosclogher By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.36736, -8.29022
- SMR number
- LE004-029----
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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
On a shelf of the W side of Glenade valley overlooking Glenade Lough, the NW corner of which is c. 350m to the E. Grass and reed-covered circular area (int. dims 29m NW-SE; 29.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 2.54m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; at SW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth 3.5-4.5m; D 0.1-0.4m) visible SW-N. The entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at NNW and the monument is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and drain.
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.