Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killananima, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killananima
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22200, -8.29354
- SMR number
- LE015-070----
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 rise on the left bank of the Bonet River with a NE-SW section of the stream c. 30m tot he NW. This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (dims 47m ENE-WSW; 42m NNW-SSE) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m at E; 1.1m at W and 1.4m at N) with some bushes and an outer band of rushes (Wth 2-3m). There is an entrance ramp (Wth 2.8m) 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.