Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Leganamer, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leganamer
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07999, -7.76310
- SMR number
- LE022-010----
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 a knoll towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. dims 20m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.9-1.6m) which survives only NW-NE, and a complete fosse (Wth of top 8-9.5m; Wth of base 3-5m; int. D 0.1-0.3m) with an overgrown outer bank which is best preserved S-W-N (Wth 2.5-5m; ext. H 1.5-1.8m). There is a modern entrance (Wth 2m) at S, which may be on the site of the original entrance.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.