Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Gortgarrigan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortgarrigan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.25565, -8.23426
- SMR number
- LE011-079----
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
Indicated as a square enclosure (dims. c. 25m x c. 25m) defined by field banks on the 1835 edition of OS 6-inch map, and as a circular hachured feature (diam. c. 30m) on the 1943 ed. It is situated in reclaimed pasture on a gentle rise on the floor of the Bonet River, with a NNW-SSE section of the stream c. 20m to the W. No feature is visible at ground level.
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: 13 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.