Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corglass (carrigallen By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corglass (carrigallen By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99746, -7.63911
- SMR number
- LE030-019----
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
Situated on a S-facing slope. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 46.5m N-S; 46.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-6.5m; int. H 0.6-1.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m) NW-E-SE, which is incorporated into a field bank WSW-NW and reduced to a scarp (H 1.4m) SE-WSW (downslope). There is no visible fosse, although there is an outer drain (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.6m) E-S. The entrance (Wth of base 2.8m) at SE is probably modern in its present iteration. At the centre is a slightly raised subcircular platform (dims of top 21m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2 at E to 0.6m at W) which melds into the ground surface NW-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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.