Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Meenymore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meenymore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cashel
- Coordinates
- 54.26099, -8.13755
- SMR number
- LE012-033001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in a coniferous forest on the SE side of the SW-NE Scardan river valley with the main stream c. 160m to the NW and a secondary stream immediately to the E. Circular area (ext. diam. 25m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2-7m), overlain by a drystone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) S-W-NE. The souterrain (LE012-033002-) 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
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.