Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doonarah, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonarah
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doonarah
- Coordinates
- 53.99115, -7.86681
- SMR number
- LE028-052----
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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 on the SE-facing slope of a drumlin and c. 15m SE of a farmhouse. It is depicted as a circular hachured feature described in gothic lettering as 'Doonarah' only on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular platform (diam. 30.5m) defined by a scarp (H 1m). A hedge grows on the perimeter and the site is now used as an orchard, but there is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Crannog1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.