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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97700, -8.04312
- SMR number
- LE027-141----
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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 a level area of improved pasture in a poorly drained, low-lying basin, with a small NE-SW stream to the N and W c. 15-20m distant. There is higher ground within 300-500m in all directions, except to the S. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 56m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by the remains of an earthen bank NE-ESE and SSW-WSW (at SW: Wth of base 5.1m; Wth of top 1.6m; int. H 0.25; ext. H 0.4m), which is reduced to scarp (at SE: Wth 1.4m; H 0.25m) elsewhere. A NNE-SSW farm track bisects the interior. There is no visible fosse or original entrance. Rath (LE027-078----) is c. 20m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 May, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.