Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Canbeg, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Canbeg
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.18072, -8.04047
- SMR number
- LE018-014----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the crest of the N-facing slope of a drumlin c. 240m W of a N-S section of the River Shannon. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 31m N-S; 24.5m E-W) defined by a slight grass-covered earthen bank which is best preserved (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) W-N. There is an external fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) E-S-N which is re-cut as a drain E-S, but the original entrance is not identified. A field wall is built on the perimeter N-E-S.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.