Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greaghfarnagh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greaghfarnagh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06942, -8.03107
- SMR number
- LE023-003----
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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
Located on the W-facing slope of a Drumlin. This is an a grass and scrub-covered circular area (int. diam. 26.4m N-S; 24.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at NE: Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.9m) at NW. This is separated by a fosse (at NE: Wth of top 2.85m; D 0.45m) from an outer bank (at NE: Wth 1m; H 0.2m) which has a stone field wall on top of it and is probably a field bank. There area many gaps in the perimeter and the original entrance is not identified.
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
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Church1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.