Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilrush, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilrush
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05724, -7.75859
- SMR number
- LE025-045----
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 towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an oval enclosure with trees on the perimeter and described as a 'fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass and scrub-covered subcircular platform (dims 27m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.3-0.4m), with traces of a bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) at E and traces of a stone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) at W. It is planted with mature deciduous trees around the perimeter and is a possible tree-ring c. 100m SE of Kilrush House, a large farmhouse.
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
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.