Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghameelta, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghameelta
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24778, -8.24364
- SMR number
- LE015-024----
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 rough pasture towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope with a N-S section of the River Bonet c. 90m to the E. This is an grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 24.3m NE-SW) defined by a slight scarp (max. H 1m), with an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) SW-W. There is no visible fosse and the entrance (Wth 2m) at SW is modern.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.