Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Minkill, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Minkill
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94230, -8.03010
- SMR number
- LE031-059----
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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 top of a NE-SW drumlin ridge at the NE end. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 35m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H. 0.3m; ext. H 0.45-1.1m) and an external fosse (Wth. 1.8m; D 0.4m). The straight side is at N, but the original entrance is not identified. Rath (LE031-058---) is immediately adjacent to W, and the two monuments share the fosse at this point. It remains unplanted within a forest since at least 1995 (OSAP).
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: 16 October 2019
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.