Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumduff, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumduff
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.20579, -8.33601
- SMR number
- LE014-018----
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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 towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 18.8m NE-SW; 18.6m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 1.1m at S, upslope, to 1.9m at N), with an outer fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.4m) N-S-W. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at SE. Archaeological testing (04E0303) c. 50m to the E at the nearest point produced no related material (Read 2007).
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
Read, C. 2007 Drumduff: no archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 234, No. 957. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 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.