Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cornacreegh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornacreegh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03827, -7.80044
- SMR number
- LE025-073----
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 in reclaimed pasture in a low-lying position. It is not marked on any maps but it is visible as a faint circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 4/1008-9). This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34m N-S; 22.3m E-W) defined by slight traces of an earthen bank (Wth c. 4.5m; H 0.1-0.2m) SE-W-NW which is separated by a fosse (Wth of base 3.5-5.5m) from an outer bank (Wth 1.5-4m; H 0.1m) SE-W-NW. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp down to the interior (H 0.2m) NW-NE, and the monument is cut by a N-S stream and road bank at E. The original entrance is not identified. Although very eroded it is probably a rath.
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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.