Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tawnamachugh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnamachugh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.32260, -8.30328
- SMR number
- LE006-017----
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
Situated in a low-lying position on the floor of Glencar valley. Overgrown subcircular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m) NW-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere, with traces of a fosse crossed by a causeway (Wth 2.8m) at S. The original entrance is not identified, but the monument is bisected by an E-W field bank, now partly removed.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.