Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigeen (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeen (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19476, -8.29215
- SMR number
- LE015-131----
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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
Located at the crest of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 22.7m NW-SE; 21.6m NE-SW; int. diam. 19m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.05-0.2m; ext. H 0.5m at W (upslope) to 1.2m at E), and an external fosse (Wth 3.5m) SE-S. The monument is curtailed elsewhere by surrounding field walls. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 3.2m) at N and another (Wth 3.2m) at ESE.
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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.