Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mong, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mong
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97943, -8.03130
- SMR number
- LE027-087----
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 on the W-facing slope of Mong Hill. This is a circular grass and rush-area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.2m; H 0.5m) and an outer fosse suggested by a band of lush vegetation (Wth 2.5m). The original entrance was not identified, but the growth has been removed from the banks since 1991 (Bing 2013).
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.