Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corratawy, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corratawy
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.23436, -8.22258
- SMR number
- LE015-038----
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 towards the W end of an E-W drumlin ridge. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 21.4m E-W; 18.5m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.4m) with some scrub, and a slight external fosse (Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.1m) NE-SSE. The fosse (Wth of top 1.5m; D 0.7-0.9m) and an outer bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.4m) also survive WSW-WNW. The entrance (Wth 1.8m) and causeway are at SW. A field wall is built on the bank NW-NE, and the perimeter is incorporated into a field bank SSE-SW.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.