Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a col between drumlins to the E, W and S with slightly lower ground immediately to the N and S. It is described as a 'fort' bisected by a N-S road on the 1835 and 1944 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular area (diam. 35.4m E-W; c. 33m N-S) bisected by a N-S roadway and defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.2m) and external fosse (Wth at base 2.5m; D. 1m) to the E of the road, and by a slight fosse (Wth of top c. 6m; int. D 0.2-0.4m; ext. D 0.1-0.2m) to the W. It is planted with mixed woodland to the E of the road and is in pasture to the W. Archaeological testing (04E1061) outside the perimeter at NE in Cannaboe townland produced no related material (Henry 2007).

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 revised upload: 10 February 2017

References

Henry M. 2007 Canaboe: No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 233, No. 950. Dublin, Wordwell