Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Tawnylust, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnylust
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.30970, -8.09580
- SMR number
- LE008-024----
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 a slight rise of a S-facing slope on the lower S-facing slope of Dough Mountain and on the N side of Glenfarne valley. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 23.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by interrupted sections of a stone wall foundation (Wth c. 3m), which has been removed S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance.
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
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.