Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killameen, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killameen
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00081, -7.71645
- SMR number
- LE029-013----
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 broad drumlin. This is a circular area (int. diam. 44m N-S; 42.5m E-W), planted with coniferous trees, defined by a round-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.3m) and an external V-shaped fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 1.25m) which has been deepened for drainage. An entrance (Wth 4.4m), but no causeway, at E may be original, while an entrance (Wth 2.1m) and causeway at W are modern. It is circumscribed by a minor S-N road S-W-NE.
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.