Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilbrackan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbrackan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.98952, -7.60294
- SMR number
- LE030-026----
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 the W-facing slope of a low N-S ridge, which is overlooked by a higher ridge c. 100m to the W. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) N-NE, which is reduced to a scarp (at W: H 0.2m) elsewhere. It is surrounded by a field bank and hedge NW-NE. There is a fosse (at E: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 2.4m; ext. D 2m) N-SE represented by a band of rushes (Wth 3-4m) elsewhere. The entrance (Wth 7m) and causeway are at E.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.