Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Mullaghnameely, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghnameely
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.02163, -7.83412
- SMR number
- LE025-119----
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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 on a S and W-facing slope with a ravine (Wth c. 50m; D c. 5m) c. 10m to the W separating it from an area with three passage tombs and a portal tomb. Archaeological monitoring (05E1402) revealed an arc (L 10.5m) of a flat-bottomed trench (Wth of top 0.4-0.7m; D 0.25-0.35m) curving SE-SW which contained three layers of silty clay, the bottommost of which contained charcoal inclusions and some struck flints. It was completely excavated (int. diam. 12m E-W; 11m N-S) under the same licence and is probably the remains of a barrow. (Read 2006, 2008; 2009)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 December 2020
References
Read, C. 2006 Archaeological monitoring at Mullaghnameely Townland, Fenagh, Co. Leitrim. Licence No: 05E1402. Unpublished report, North West Archaeological Services
Read, C. 2008 Mullaghnameely. Prehistoric ditched enclosure. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 235-6, No. 945. Dublin, Wordwell
Read, C. 2009 Mullaghnameely. Ring-ditch/barrow. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 315-6, No. 1217. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.