Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - inland
Fawnlion, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fawnlion
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.28314, -8.31834
- SMR number
- LE010-063----
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
Situated on a plug of rock outcrop rising from a S-facing slope. Grass-covered triangular area (dims 40m NE-SW; 25m NW-SE at SW to c. 10m at NE) with naturally defensive cliffs (H 2-6m) on all sides except at NE, where a fosse (L c. 10m; Wth of top c. 8m; Wth of base 3.5m; ext. D 1m; int. D 2.4m) has been dug at the narrowest point. Within the enclosure a rectangular platform (dims 13m NE-SW; 7m NW-SE) is defined by a slight fosse (Wth 4-6m; max. D 0.5m) on all sides except at NW, where it abuts the cliff-edge. The perimeter of the promontory has stone field walls built on it.
See the attached aerial view from the NE _1, and a view of the fosse looking SE _2
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
- Souterrainunder 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.