Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Callowhill, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Callowhill
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06758, -7.83380
- SMR number
- LE025-003----
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 in a slight fold on a gently undulating landscape. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 31.5m N-S; 31.5m E-W crest to crest; int. diam. 26.3m N-S; 24.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 1-1.3m) and hedge, with an outer fosse (at W: Wth of top 4.3m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.6m) WSW-NNW. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) at S is probably modern, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a road bank at E-SE.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.