Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Toome, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toome
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.00705, -7.68485
- SMR number
- LE030-003----
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 at the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown oval area (int. dims 31.2m NNE-SSW; c. 23m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4-5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) and an external fosse (Wth of base 2.3-3m; ext. D 1-1.4m) which has been backfilled with an old field bank at E. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m), now blocked, and a causeway (Wth 4.5m), which may be modern, are at SE.
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 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackway1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.