Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickanurroo, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickanurroo
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27335, -8.32393
- SMR number
- LE010-035----
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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 summit of a steep-sided and prominent hillock. This is a grass and scrub-covered oval platform (dims 36m E-W; 29.5m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) with bushes. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, although it was probably a rath. Archaeological testing (05E1051) c. 75m to the NW no related material (Timoney 2008).
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 revised upload: 13 February, 2017
References
Timoney M. A. 2008 Carrickanurroo: no archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 232-3, No. 932. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.