Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltycarney, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltycarney
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93839, -8.03941
- SMR number
- LE031-053----
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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 on the gentle NW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 21m E-W; 19.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 1.8m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.45m) with an external fosse (Wth 1.9-2.5m; ext. D 0.2m) which is curtailed by a N-S field bank and townland boundary with Tully at E. The original entrance is not identified. Rath (LE031-051----) is c. 135m to the W, and raths (LE031-119----; LE031-110---) are c. 65m to the S and c. 80m to the SE respectively.
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.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.