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Ringfort - rath

Cloonagh, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cloonagh, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cloonagh
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.19669, -8.18717
SMR number
LE015-145----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (dims 44m E-W; 40m N-S; int. dims 37.4m E-W; 33.8m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6-7.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m at N to 1.6-1.8m generally), with evidence of an external fosse (Wth of base 2-3.7m; ext. D 0.5-0.9m) which was recut as a drain (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.5-1m) S-W. The entrance (Wth 2m) may have been at S and the site is circumscribed by a field bank E-S.

See the attached aerial view taken from the E.

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.

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