Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Keenaghan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keenaghan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95028, -8.06243
- SMR number
- LE031-012----
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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 in a low-lying position in an undulating landscape with a small meandering NE-SW stream c. 10m to the SE. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (int. diam. 36m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 3.4m generally to 6m at S; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.1m). The original entrance is not identified.
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: 15 October 2019
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.