Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tully (carrigallen By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tully (carrigallen By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03251, -7.84076
- SMR number
- LE025-083----
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 on the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 31.4m E-W; 28m N-S; int. dims 27.7m E-W; 24.8m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-4.3m; max. int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3-1.6m), with traces of an external fosse (Wth of top 3.5-4m; D 0.4-0.6m) W-N-E which has been recut as a drain (Wth at base 1m; D 0.8m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth 3.3m) and causeway (Wth 4.4m) at W, which may be modern but no other entrance was identified.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.