Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardakip Beg, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardakip Beg
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22461, -8.30564
- SMR number
- LE014-012----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on top of a drumlin t the edge of the Bonet River valley with a meandering S-N section of the stream c. 450m to the E. This is a grass and reed-covered subcircular area (int. dims 23.6m NW-SE; 19m NE-SW) defined by a slight grass-covered earthen bank (Wth. 3.5-4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m). There is no visible fosse but there are entrances at WNW (Wth 2.5m), E (Wth 3.4m) and S (Wth 3m).
See the attached aerial view taken from the E.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.