Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrybrisk, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrybrisk
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.21343, -8.33417
- SMR number
- LE014-014----
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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
Situated on top of an E-W drumlin ridge. It is visible as a faint circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 349-8). This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 23.5m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m), and traces of a fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.1m) NE-SE. There is no visible entrance, but the interior is cut by the line of a closed N-S field drain (Wth 1.5m) towards the perimeter at W. Rath (LE014-013----) is c. 25m to the NW.
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
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.