Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Carrickfad, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickfad
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27519, -8.32872
- SMR number
- LE010-032----
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 hilly scrub and coniferous forest. Indicated as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a subrectangular hachured feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) on the 1910 ed . It is not visible at ground level in a grass and scrub-covered area
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/revision: 13 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.