Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Larkfield, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Larkfield
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.28394, -8.17667
- SMR number
- LE011-034----
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 towards the bottom of the NW-facing slope of Tullyskeherny and on the E side of the Bonet River valley. Grass-covered circular platform (diam. 24m E-W; 22.2m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2m; H 0.6m) incorporated in a hedge N-E, which is reduced to a stony scarp (H 0.35m) elsewhere. The 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.