Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garvagh (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garvagh (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.01275, -7.96686
- SMR number
- LE028-021----
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 at the W foot of Sheebeg Hill. Visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: H, 76-7). This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 21m) defined by an earthen bank, which is best preserved (Wth 3m; H 0.25m) W-N, and slight traces of a fosse visible as a band of reeds. The original entrance is not identified. A rectangular enclosure (dims 21m N-S; 12m E-W), defined by an earth and stone bank (H 0.6m), is just to the NW and is probably a small field.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Caveunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.