Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnaskeagh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaskeagh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.30270, -8.23485
- SMR number
- LE011-004----
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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 on a natural rise at the NW-facing foothills of Benbo Mountain. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 36m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; max. ext. H 1.8m) N-NE which is reduced to a hedge-covered scarp elsewhere, and an external fosse (Wth 3-3.5m). There are traces of an outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.3m) at N and SE but 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.