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
- 53.96840, -8.03768
- SMR number
- LE027-142----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on level, poorly drained, low-lying rough pasture, c. 150m NW of Kilmaddaroe Lough. 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 a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 28m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a low earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 7.1m; Wth of top 3.0m; int. H 0.05; ext. H 0.1m) NNW-E-SW, which is incorporated in a tree-lined field bank (at NW: Wth of base 3.1m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1m) and outer drain (at NW: Wth of top 2.8m; ext. D 0.5m) W-NNW. From a point at W the field bank runs SE over the SW arc of the enclosure. There are modern gaps through the field bank at SSW and W, but three is no evidence of an original entrance or fosse.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 May, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 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.