Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmakerrill, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmakerrill
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.29279, -8.08032
- SMR number
- LE012-014----
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
Situated on a slight rise on the floor of Glenfarne valley. This is a grass and reed-covered circular area (int. diam. 24m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an intermittently visible earthen bank (Wth 2m; max. H 0.3m) which is separated by a fosse (Wth at base 1.82m; D 0.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 0.9m). There is an entrance (Wth 5m) through both banks, and a causeway, at SE.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.