Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 27.3m NNW-SSE) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.8-6.7m; Wth of base 4-4.5m; int. D 0.7-0.8m; ext. D 0.4-0.5m) and an outer bank (Wth of base 5.5-6.5m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m) which is incorporated into a field bank at W (max. ext. diam. 49m N-S). An inner bank was present in the 1945 (OSFM) when an entrance was also present at NE, but the outer bank had been removed by 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

References

OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.

OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.