Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Carrickanurroo, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickanurroo
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.26801, -8.32145
- SMR number
- LE010-040----
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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
Situated at the outer edge of a shelf on the steep S-facing slope of a hill, with the N-S ravine of a small stream immediately to the E. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 31m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) which is reduced to a scarp at SW (downslope), but the inner and outer facing-stones of the wall (Wth 1m) are intermittently visible. An outer earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m; L 11m) is separated from the stone wall by a berm (Wth 7m) at WSW. There is an oval hollow (dims 13m x 7m; D 1m), probably a quarry, in the interior.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.