Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickfad, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickfad
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.28001, -8.32666
- SMR number
- LE010-015----
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 at the NE edge of a small plateau in an area of hilly rock outcrop and rough pasture. It is indicated as a small enclosure described as a ‘Fort’ on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass-covered subcircular platform (dims 22m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m), which becomes a severe natural slope at N. There is no visible fosse or 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.