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Ringfort - rath

Gorteenaguinnell, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gorteenaguinnell, 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
Gorteenaguinnell
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.32864, -8.29776
SMR number
LE006-016----

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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

Planted with coniferous trees on a S-facing, pasture slope of Glencar valley. Subcircular area (int. dims 34.5m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.8m) NW-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1-1.4m) elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified but an oval area (dims 11m E-W; 5.5m N-S) against the inside of the bank at N is bounded by a low bank at S. A N-S field wall overlies the edge of the monument at W, and it is overgrown W of this feature.

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.

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