Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mullyaster, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullyaster
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03822, -7.68787
- SMR number
- LE026-019----
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 at the crest of the NW-facing slope of a broad drumlin. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a 'fort', and as a hachured feature on the revised 1944 edition. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 34m) defined by slight traces of a fosse (Wth 4.5-5.5m; D 0.2m) and it was undoubtedly a rath. The entrance was probably at the E where there is dip (Wth 9m) in the lip of the perimeter.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.