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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27640, -8.34478
- SMR number
- LE010-024----
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
On a knoll in a coniferous forest and overlooking a small turlough (diam. c. 100m) c. 100m to the NW, which is in Co. Sligo. Circular platform (diam. 29m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.6m) intermittently visible E-S and a natural scarp S-N. The perimeter has been removed N-E. An 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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.