Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullycreevy, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullycreevy
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24829, -8.19717
- SMR number
- LE011-101----
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 SW-facing slope of Tullyskeherny plateau and towards the head of a NE-SW valley. Grass-covered oval area (int. dims 28m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown stone-faced earthen bank (at SW: Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m; at NW: Wth 4.5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.7-2m) with an outer fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.2-0.5m). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 1m) and causeway 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.