Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lurgan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.27444, -8.12642
- SMR number
- LE012-028001-
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 low drumlin in the valley of the S-N Scarden River, with a SW-NE section of the stream c. 120m to the SE. Grass-covered D-shaped area (dims 24.4m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. There is a grass-covered quarry inside the perimeter at E, altering this side to a straight edge and souterrain (LE012-028002-) is in the interior.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 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.