Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Barrs East, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrs East
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.29308, -8.04891
- SMR number
- LE012-015----
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 steep SW-facing slope towards the bottom of Thur Mountain and at the N edge of the Glenfarne valley. This is grass and scrub-covered circular area (int. diam. 28.5m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m) E-SE, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.4m). There is an entrance and causeway (Wth 5m) at S.
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
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.