Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Skreeny (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skreeny (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.30828, -8.16268
- SMR number
- LE007-078----
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 on top of a prominent drumlin that is almost centrally placed amongst the five valleys that meet at Manorhamilton c. 900m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.1m; H 0.7m), which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge S-N-E but is reduced to a scarp (max. H 0.5m) E-S. The monument is bisected E-W by a disused farm track, but the original entrance is not identified.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.