Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mulkaun, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mulkaun
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.31433, -8.29022
- SMR number
- LE007-050----
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 towards the bottom of a N-facing slope of Glencar valley, with a small SE-NW stream immediately to the SW. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (int. dims 29m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.2m at NNW to 0.45m at S; ext. H 0.85m to 1.95 S-SW) with some bushes and a slight outer fosse (Wth 2.5m). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.9m) at E.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.