Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Tullyskeherny (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyskeherny (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cashel
- Coordinates
- 54.27957, -8.15986
- SMR number
- LE011-037001-
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 at the W edge of a rise on the broad plateau of Tullyskeherny, with a cliff (H c. 4-5m) immediately to the W. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 22.9m N-S; 20.4m E-W) defined by a drystone-built limestone wall with facing-stones (at SW: Wth 2.15m; H 1m; max. H 1.3m). The entrance (Wth 0.95m) is at SSW with the possible remains of a hut site adjacent to it in the interior.
See the attached aerial view taken from the E.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.