Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumnafinnila, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumnafinnila
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15719, -7.99956
- SMR number
- LE018-040----
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 and rush-covered circular area (diam. 36m N-S; 33m E-W; int. diam. 32.6m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth of base 5-6m; Wth of top 2.2m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m S-W to 2.1m N-E) with a hedge and internal stone-facing. There is an external fosse which is best preserved (Wth of top 5.3-5.8m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) N-E-S. The fosse is slightly curtailed at E by the N-S bank of an old lane. The entrance (Wth 1.7m), now blocked, is at E.
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
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.