Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tomrud, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tomrud
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.31454, -8.27148
- SMR number
- LE007-054----
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 with the summits of drumlins c. 300m to the W and c. 250m to the NE. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 24.5m NE-SW; 24.1m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3m) at W which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. There is a hedge on the perimeter but there is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. A field bank overlies the perimeter at W and there are old quarries outside the monument to the N and 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
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.