Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mullaghmore (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghmore (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22634, -8.19412
- SMR number
- LE015-106----
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 on top of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (27.3m E-W; 24.3m N-S; int. diam. 24.7m E-W; 24.3m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6-0.9m) and an external fosse (Wth of top 2-4.5m; max. D 0.2m). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 2.3m) at E. The interior is divided into three equal parts, pie-fashion, by overlying field walls and drains, and a field wall is built on the perimeter NW-NE.
See the attached aerial view taken from the SE.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.