Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aughriman South, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughriman South
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94326, -8.04020
- SMR number
- LE031-049----
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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 between drumlins, with a small canalised SSE-NNW stream immediately to the W. It is depicted as a D-shaped enclosure on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and also on the 1945 revision of the map. This is a grass and scrub-covered D-shaped platform (dims 53m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.6m) and slight traces of an external fosse. The straight side is defined by a drain at W parallel with the stream. An original entrance is not identified. The rath (LE031-048----) is c. 80m to the W, on the other side of the stream.
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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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.