Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortahork, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortahork
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.22148, -8.17510
- SMR number
- LE015-110----
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
Situated on the summit of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 28m E-W; 26m N-S; int. diam. 25m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7-1.1m) with some scrub and traces of internal facing-stones, separated by a fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; Wth of base 3-4m; D 0.3-0.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 2-4m; ext. H 0.2-0.6m). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth 3.5m) through the inner bank and an unlined entrance (Wth 5.3m) through the outer bank at ENE.
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
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.