Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tomrud, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tomrud
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.31503, -8.27607
- SMR number
- LE007-053----
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 the N-facing slope of a drumlin close to the S edge of Glencar valley. It is not marked on any maps but it is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 371-0). This is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; H 0.2m) which is intermittently reduced to a scarp. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. The perimeter is slightly truncated by an E-W field bank 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
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.