Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Scardaun, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scardaun
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00012, -7.91959
- SMR number
- LE028-048----
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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 reclaimed pasture at the N shoulder of a N-S drumlin ridge. It was recorded in 1983 as a circular area (diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by the remains of a bank with traces of an outer fosse (SMR file). Despite Moore (2003, 120, No. 935) this monument is still extant and appears to be a circular grass-covered enclosure defined by an earthen bank and hedge (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 revised upload: 10 April, 2017
References
Moore, M. 2003 Archaeological inventory of county Leitrim. Dublin. Stationery Office.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.