Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Loughaphonta, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughaphonta
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.30465, -8.10320
- SMR number
- LE012-009----
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 circular enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m) on the 1835 and 1910 eds of the OS 6-inch maps, and situated on top of a slight rise on a S-facing slope. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture.
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/revision: 13 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.