Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardvarney (drumahaire By., Drumahaire Ed), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardvarney (drumahaire By., Drumahaire Ed)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21977, -8.26045
- SMR number
- LE015-081----
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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 rise in undulating lowland. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) described as a 'fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a pentagonal area (dims 25-31m N-S; 20m E-W at N; c. 47m E-W at S) in improved grassland defined by a scarp (L 20m; H 1.3m) at N and a low curved scarp (L c. 20m) SE-S or a quarry (Wth of top 5m; max. D 1.5m; L c. 27m) S-SW. The monument is truncated by a N-S field bank at E (L 31m) and a relict NE-SW field bank (L 25m) 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
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- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.