Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killaglasheen, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaglasheen
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03688, -7.79503
- SMR number
- LE025-074----
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 SW-facing slope of a drumlin. This a scrub-covered oval area (dim. 41m N-S; int. dims 34m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.6-2m) and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6-8m; Wth of base 3.5-4.5m; D 0.9m) with traces of an outer bank. There is an entrance gap (Wth 7.5m) at NNE, but the fosse is re-cut here.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.