Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickeeny, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickeeny
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not inidcated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.33435, -8.28416
- SMR number
- LE007-022----
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
Located on a S-facing plateau or slight N-S spur. Grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam.24.5m WNW-ESE; 23m NNE-SSW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-4.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m), with a fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.2m) S-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SE, and the monument is overlain by an E-W field wall and hedge at N.
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
- Penal Mass stationunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.