Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fawn (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fawn (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.98280, -8.05046
- SMR number
- LE027-074----
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
Situated towards the top of a slight S-facing slope. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims 48m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.6m) with the slight remains of a bank (Wth 2-5m) intermittently visible. An outer fosse is represented by a band of lush vegetation (Wth 2m) W-NW. 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.