Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fawnlion, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fawnlion
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.28313, -8.31239
- SMR number
- LE010-017----
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
Marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S and E-facing slope. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 27m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.35m), outer fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.5m) and external bank (Wth 4m; H 0.5m). There is no identifiable original entrance. The monument is truncated slightly by a NE-SW roadway at SE.
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
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.