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Ringfort - rath

Cormongan, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cormongan, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cormongan
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.09437, -8.02516
SMR number
LE020-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a S-facing shoulder at the W foothills of Slieve Anierin. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a steep scarp (H 2m at N to 2.6m at E) with some bushes and traces of a bank (Wth 7m; int. H 0.8m) NW-N. There is an external fosse (at N: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 2-3m; max. D 0.5m) NW-NE and SE-W (at W: Wth of top 6.4m; Wth of base 1.7m; D 0.5m). The entrance ramp (Wth 1.6m) and causeway (Wth 4.8m) are at the lowest point of the interior at S, and an E-W field bank skirts the outside of the fosse NW-NE. There is a hollow (L 7m; Wth 3m; D 0.3-0.8m) in the NE of the interior but no evidence of any stones which might suggest that it was a souterrain.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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