Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Druminalass, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Druminalass
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15542, -8.01214
- SMR number
- LE018-039----
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 top of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (dims 33m N-S; 31.5m E-W; int. diam. 30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 1.6-1.8m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.8m) NE-SE, and an external fosse which is best preserved W-N (Wth of top 6.8m; Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.4m) but represented elsewhere by a band of lush vegetation (Wth 2-3m). The entrance (Wth 3.2m) is at SE. The monument is circumscribed by a field bank W-N and the fosse is clipped by a NE-SW field bank 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
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.