Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corderry (peyton), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corderry (peyton)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99914, -7.94656
- SMR number
- LE028-045----
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
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a small drumlin. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 23m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a slight bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.25m) and an intermittently visible external fosse (Wth 2m). The original entrance is not identified. It remains unplanted in a forest (Bing 2013). Rath (LE028-044----) is c. 150m to the W.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.