Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boggaun (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boggaun (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.25868, -8.21702
- SMR number
- LE011-085----
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 top of an E-facing slope at the tip of an E-W spur. Grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 25.8m NE-SW; 25.3m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-8m; int. H 0.1m at SE to 1m at W; ext. H 1m generally to 1.6m at NE) with some bushes, and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 2.2-3m; D 0.3m at SE to 1.2m at NE). The entrance (Wth 0.8m) is at ESE and there is a clearance cairn (dims 10m x 3m; H 0.3m) inside the bank at NE.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 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.