Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartown, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartown
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.96734, -8.07920
- SMR number
- LE027-101----
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 in a low-lying position c. 30m from a SE-NW section of a small S-N stream. This monument is visible as a D-shaped feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 4/1043-4). It is a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 33m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.6m generally to 1.1m at S) and a slight external fosse (Wth 2.1-2.5m; max. D 0.5m). There is a straight side at W and the straight S side is formed by an old E-W stream bed. 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.