Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Larkfield, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Larkfield
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27104, -8.18558
- SMR number
- LE011-065----
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 on a very steep NW-facing slope of the Tulllyskeherny plateau, overlooking a NE-SW section of the Bonet River valley. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 30m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.2m; H 0.4m) at N which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m at S to 0.8m at E and 1.4m at W) and hedge elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. It remains unplanted in a coniferous forest (Bing images c. 2013).
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 revised upload: 22 April, 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.