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
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.98432, -8.04679
- SMR number
- LE027-075----
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
In an undulating landscape with rock outcrop. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims. 33m E-W; 31.2m N-S) defined by an overgrown earth and stone bank (at S: Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.2m), with an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.3m) and outer bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m) NW-NE. An oval hollow (dims. 7m N-S; 4.3m E-W; D 0.45m) inside the bank at N may be the result of quarrying.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.