Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sramore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sramore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.28656, -8.32818
- SMR number
- LE010-004----
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
Located in an area of rock outcrop on a S-facing slope and overlooked by a cliff to the N. This is a circular area (int. diam. 32m) planted with coniferous trees in a small forest defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.45m). There is no identifiable original entrance or visible fosse. Archaeological testing (03E0069) in Carricafad c. 10m to the SW produced no related material (Read 2006).
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
References
Read, C. 2006 Carrickafad: no archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 298, No. 1093. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Kerb circleunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.