Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullyveacan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyveacan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.14587, -8.01319
- SMR number
- LE018-046----
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 the N-facing slope of a SE-NW spur overlooking bend of the Yellow River which is c. 80-180m distant E-N-W. This is a grass and rush-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 24m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m at E to 1.7m at S), an external fosse (Wth of top 6-6.5m; Wth of base 2-3m; ext. D 0.6m at W to 1.3m at S), and a slight outer bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.3m) only surviving SW-W. There is an entrance visible as a slight dip of the perimeter (Wth 2.5m) at E. The monument is truncated at N by an old quarry, and the defining features do not survive NW-NE.
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
- 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.