Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knocknasawna, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknasawna
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.02030, -8.02361
- SMR number
- LE023-015----
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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
Located on top of a rise. This is a grass and reed-covered subcircular area (int. dims 27.5m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.25m at SE to 0.75m at N) with some bushes and an external fosse represented by a bed of reeds (Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m). There are faint traces of an entrance causeway at SE. It remains undisturbed in a forest planted c. 2010 (Bing 2013).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.