Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Longstones, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Longstones
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03661, -7.83072
- SMR number
- LE025-068001-
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 at the W edge of a N-S ridge of rock outcrop. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 25.2m N-S; 24.8m E-W; int. diam. 21.5m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.5-0.8m) NW-E-SW, which might conceal the base of a stone wall. This is separated by a berm (at E: Wth 3m) from an outer bank (at E: Wth 3m; H 0.2-0.4m) and intermittent traces of an outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 6.4m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.2m) N-E-S. The perimeter on the line of the inner bank is defined by a cliff (H c. 4m) SSW-N. There is an entrance (Wth 1.4m) through the inner bank at 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.