Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrinweer, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrinweer
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17370, -8.14647
- SMR number
- LE017-011----
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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 top of a drumlin. A circular feature is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G, 337-8). This is a subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 26m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by a slight scarp which is best preserved at S (H 0.7m) and by traces of a fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.2m) visible as a band of dense vegetation. It is slightly curtailed by a NW-SE field bank at N and by a quarry face at 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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.