Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - stepped barrow
Kilnamarve, County Leitrim, Ireland
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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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 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.