Ringfort - cashel

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the top of a S-facing cliff (H c. 20m) overlooking the Glencar valley to the S and W and a smaller W-E fold to the N. This is a circular area (int. diam. 18.5m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.2m) W-N-SE and the cliff-face elsewhere. This wall is separated by a berm (Wth 9m) from the remnants of an outer wall visible as a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1m) NW-E, which backs on to the cliff at NW but has been removed E-SE where the enclosure (LE007-025004-) is built over it. The original entrance is not identified. The cashel (LE007-025002-) was later built on the monument, its inner wall being located between the walls of this site, and its outer wall is outside the original outer wall.

See the attached aerial view taken from the W.

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