Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killyfea, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killyfea
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.98680, -7.72449
- SMR number
- LE029-023----
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 on top of a small drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular platform (diam. 31m N-S; 28.5m E-W; H 0.3m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.9m; ext. H 0.55m) at S which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere, and an external fosse (Wth of base 1.2m; D 0.1m) which is largely represented by a band of rushes. The original entrance is not identified, and the monument is surrounded by field banks.
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.