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Barrow - stepped barrow

Kilnamarve, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - stepped barrow, Kilnamarve, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilnamarve
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.99642, -7.60962
SMR number
LE030-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a rise towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a raised, circular, and overgrown earthen platform (diam. 29m E-W; H 1.2-1.4m) planted with deciduous trees. It is defined by a fosse (Wth of top 5.5-8.6m; Wth of base 3m at W to 6m at E; ext. D 0.3m at W) which has silted up to the top of an outer bank (at W: Wth of base 10m; Wth of top 3.5m; ext. H 1.7m) almost everywhere, reducing the bank to an outer scarp (at E: Wth 6.3m; H 1.5m) (max. ext. diam. 58m E-W). There is no identifiable entrance feature. It could be a platform rath, but the wide outer bank suggests it is more likely to be a platform barrow.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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