Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghadark, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghadark
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04822, -7.81655
- SMR number
- LE025-032----
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
Located on top of a S-N drumlin ridge or spur. It is depicted as a circular or subtriangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and it is visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 4/1008-9). This is a grass-covered subcircular area (dims 36m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by slight traces of an earthen bank (Wth 5m; H 0.3m) N-NE, reduced to a scarp (max. H 0.8m) NE-SW, and slight traces of a fosse (Wth 8m; max. D 0.5m) SW-NW.
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.