Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Cornagawna, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornagawna
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not inidcated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.39297, -8.08749
- SMR number
- LE005-005----
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
: In an undulating landscape of bog and scrub situated c. 1.4 km S of the S end of Lough Melvin and c. 300m SW of the SE-NW Lattone or County River that forms the boundary with Co. Fermanagh. This is an overgrown flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.4m; D 0.7m; L 100m) oriented NW-SE and flanked by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; H 0.25m) to the SW and a slight bank (Wth 1m) to the NE. It continues c. 1km to the SSE (LE005-009---).
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
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.