Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Laheen (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laheen (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- forts
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00884, -7.95500
- SMR number
- LE028-025----
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 towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and scub-covered circular area (int. diam. 22.75m N-S; 20.75m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.85m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.2m). The original entrance is not identified, and the perimeter is overlain by a field bank at S and a NNW-SSE wire fence. The ringfort (LE028-024----) is c. 50m to the W. The W part of the monument has been removed since 1991 (Bing 2013).
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Causewayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.