Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Skreeny Little, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skreeny Little
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.31226, -8.15775
- SMR number
- LE007-076----
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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 on top of a prominent drumlin that is almost centrally placed amongst the five valleys that meet at Manorhamilton c. 1.4 km to the SW. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 27m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) at ESE which is reduced to a scarp (H. 0.25m) elsewhere. These features are separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.35m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.95m) with an external fosse (Wth of base 1.25m; D 0.3m). The original entrance is not identified. There are the remains of a masonry structure outside the perimeter at SW the defining features are covered in scrub in this area.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.