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Ringfort - rath

Cartown, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cartown, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cartown
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.96694, -8.07608
SMR number
LE027-143----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located in improved pasture, towards the bottom of a S-facing slope, but it is surrounded by higher ground within 300-600m. 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 D-shaped area (dims 20m E-W; 9m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 5.1m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.25; ext. H 0.4m) and outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 7.3m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.25m) WSW-N-ENE. The monument is truncated by an ENE-WSW drain and field bank with hedge at S, and there is no evidence of the monument beyond this boundary. There is no evidence of an original entrance.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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