Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltoghert, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltoghert
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97177, -8.02830
- SMR number
- LE027-121001-
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
Located on a rise at the S foot of Mong Hill. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 31m E-W; 30.5m N-S; H 0.7m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.7m) at SSW which is reduced to a scarp elsewhere and a fosse represented by an external band of reeds (Wth 2-3m) which is most clearly visible W-N. A possible house site consisting of a subrectangular area (dims 4m x 4m) defined by earthen banks (Wth 0.9m; H 0.2m) is outside the perimeter at S.
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.