Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sheemore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheemore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.98695, -8.02932
- SMR number
- LE027-080----
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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 towards the bottom of the NW-facing slope of Mong Hill. This is a grass-covered oval area (dims 33m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank which is incorporated into a field bank N-E (Wth 2m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.65m) but reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere. There are traces of a fosse (Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.15m) at W. There is a gateway at ESE, which is probably a development of the original entrance.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.