Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sheffield, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheffield
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00148, -8.03456
- SMR number
- LE027-041----
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 SW-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 28m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2m at E to 0.45m at W; max. ext. H 1.95m at W) which is incorporated into a field bank at N, and traces of an external fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.25m) and outer bank (Wth 3m; H 0.2m) S-SW. The original entrance is not 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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.