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
- 53.99890, -7.91842
- SMR number
- LE028-049----
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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 on top of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 26m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.5m) and hedge S-W which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) elsewhere, and an external fosse indicated by a band of rushes (Wth 1.5m), which has been extended into a pond S-SW. The original entrance is not identified. The monument is slightly truncated by a laneway at SE, and field spoil has been added to the perimeter.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.