Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drummanasooan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drummanasooan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.13578, -8.10228
- SMR number
- LE018-043----
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
At the N end of a N-S drumlin ridge on the W shore of Lough Allen. Rush-covered subcircular area (dims. 44m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by an overgrown scarp (H 0.5-0.7m). There is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at SE where the site is skirted by a NE-SW laneway.
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
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Architectural fragment1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.