Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumrane, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumrane
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.20588, -8.32414
- SMR number
- LE014-023----
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
Situated on a slight knoll at the E side of a col between drumlins which lie to NE and SW. This is a grass-covered subcircular or D-shaped area (dims 29m E-W; 27.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) W-NE, and by an overgrown scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. The entrance (Wth 3.4m) is at E. There is no visible fosse but there is an outer drain E-SW, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a field and road bank (L 12m) at W.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.