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Ringfort - rath

Woodford Demesne, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Woodford Demesne, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Woodford Demesne
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.04618, -7.69095
SMR number
LE026-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the bottom of a severe W-facing slope down to the E shore of a narrow N-S inlet at the SE angle of Garadice Lough, with the lake edge c. 20m distant. This is a D-shaped, grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 41.2m N-S; int. dims 35m E-W; 34m N-S) planted with mature deciduous trees, which is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.2m at N to 1.2-1.3m E-SSW; ext. H 1.1m generally to 1.6m at N) and an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.7-7m; Wth of base 2-2.3m; D 0.4m at N to 1.1m at S) that survive NNW-E-SSW. The straight side at W (L 36m) is formed by a scarp (H 0.6m) where the monument has been truncated, and the W end of the perimeter at S is also a straight scarp (L 17m). The only entrance (Wth 2.5m) at W, is also secondary.

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: 28 February 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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