Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cherrybrook, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cherrybrook
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.30630, -8.12961
- SMR number
- LE008-021----
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
Indicated as a circular enclosure described as a 'Fort' on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a rise on the floor of Glenfarne valley with an E-W section of the Owenmore River c. 50m to the S. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. c. 44m) defined by an indistinct scarp (H 0.2-0.4m). There is no visible fosse and 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.