Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolcreeve, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolcreeve
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95705, -8.00620
- SMR number
- LE031-033----
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 in a low-lying position amongst drumlins with a small N-S stream c. 60m to the E. It is described as a 'Fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and depicted as a hachured feature on the 1945 revision. This is a grass-covered, D-shaped earthen platform (dims 22m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.6m), but the perimeter is incorporated in a N-S field bank at E and slightly truncated by an E-W farm lane at S. 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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.