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Ringfort - rath

Aghawillin (Carrigallen By., Garadice ED), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aghawillin, 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
Aghawillin (Carrigallen By., Garadice ED)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.07516, -7.72253
SMR number
LE025-020----

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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 towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is an overgrown oval area (dims 39m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank surviving N-E and S-SW (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m), and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4-7m; Wth of base 2.5-2.7m; D below int. 1.5m; ext. D 0.9-1.2m) all around which has traces of a slight outer bank (at W: Wth 3.5m; H 0.2m) W-N. A berm (Wth 4m), which is used as a farm track E-S, separates the inner fosse from an external bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 1.6m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4-4.5m; Wth of base 1-3m; D 1-1.3m), both of which are visible ENE-S and SW-NNW. There is an entrance (Wth 3.5m) through the inner bank at S (max. ext. diam. 68m E-W).

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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