Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcoosy, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcoosy
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24282, -8.25782
- SMR number
- LE015-016----
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a slight fold towards the top of the N-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 23.7m N-S; 22.6m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m) which is incorporated into a field bank SE-SW, and an external fosse (Wth 2m) defined by rush growth SW-N-E. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at NE.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.