Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghnafarna (drumahaire By., Yugan Ed), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghnafarna (drumahaire By., Yugan Ed)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.16735, -8.01501
- SMR number
- LE018-031----
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
Located on a gentle W-facing slope. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 28m N-S; 27m E-W; int. diam. 26.5m N-S; 25.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) N-E-S, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere. There is an external fosse (Wth 1.5-4m) represented by a band of reeds, and the entrance (Wth 4m) is at SE. Rath (LE018-031----) is c. 100m to the NW.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.