Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Killadiskert, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killadiskert
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.17493, -8.08939
- SMR number
- LE018-027----
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 on a slight ridge in a fold of a S-facing slope. It is indicated as a small enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m) on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. This is a flat-topped rise (dims 16m N-S; 11m E-W; max. H 1.8m), planted with trees.
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/revision: 13 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.