Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Caldragh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caldragh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97436, -8.07524
- SMR number
- LE027-070----
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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 gentle W-facing slope. It is visible as a large circular feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 4/1044-5). This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 84m N-S; 80m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) with some bushes and a slight fosse (Wth 3m) at S, and by a scarp (H 0.5-1m) elsewhere. It is bisected by an old E-W trackway towards the perimeter at S. Archaeological testing (05E0711) just to the SE produced no related material (Henry 2008).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Henry, M. 2008 Caldragh: No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 232, No. 928. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Canalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.