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Ringfort - rath

Drumheckil, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumheckil, 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
Drumheckil
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.97493, -8.06151
SMR number
LE027-072----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the E-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Lough Bran (dims c. 700m NE-SW; c. 200m NW-SE) which is c. 180m to the E. This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (int. dims 29m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.35m) and a slight external fosse visible as a band of rushes (Wth 3-5m). The original entrance is not certainly identified, although a gap (Wth 3.5m) in the perimeter at W may be it.

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

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

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