Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Leitrim (leitrim By., Leitrim Ed), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim (leitrim By., Leitrim Ed)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grays Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Seans Fort (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.98852, -8.06817
- SMR number
- LE027-057----
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 on level pasture on the E bank of the river Shannon at the junction with the Shannon-Erne canal which was once a small stream. The canal forms an acute angle with the river on the N side where the monument is located. It is described as 'Gray's fort', but not depicted, on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as 'Sean's fort' on the 1911 edition. It may have been a promontory fort. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level.
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/revision: 15 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.