Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Modorragh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Modorragh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fprt
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.16296, -8.12680
- SMR number
- LE018-024----
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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 on top of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (dims 47m NE-SW: 35.5m NW-SE; int. dims 42m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.8m) best preserved at N, and a slight external fosse (Wth of base c. 2m; D 0.2m) which was recut as a field drain SW-NW. There is a clearance cairn (diam. 3m; H 0.6m) in the interior and a modern entrance (Wth 2m) at NW. The bullaun stone (LE018-052---) is c. 50m to the SE.
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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.