Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Urbal, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Urbal
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14969, -8.00501
- SMR number
- LE018-041----
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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 low hill which backs on to a ravine at SE of the E-W Yellow River at a point where the stream turns S. The hill is amongst the W-facing foothills of Slieve Anierin. This is an overgrown D-shaped area (int. dims 28m NE-SW; 14.8m NW-SE) defined by a steep slope (H c. 15m) at the straight SE side and by a slight earthen bank (at NW: max. Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) NW-E, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2-1.4m) SW-NW, and an external fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.2-0.3m) NW-NE. The original entrance is not identified and was probably on the SE side which is now eroded away.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.