Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsna
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93098, -8.00518
- SMR number
- LE031-068----
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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 on the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) which is reduced to a scarp at E, and an external fosse (Wth of base 3.1m; ext. D 0.3m). There is a modern entrance (Wth of base 2m) at NE. The rath (LE031-069----) is c. 35m to the NE. Archaeological monitoring (01E0106) of a pipe-laying scheme in the village of Drumsna came within 100m of the rath at the closest point, but did not produce any related material (Read 2002, 2003).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 10 October 2019
References
Read, C. 2002 Archaeological Monitoring of the Drumsna Sewage Scheme, Drumsna, Co. Leitrim. Licence No. 01E0106. Unpublished report, North West Archaeological Services
Read, C. 2003 Drumsna. Monitoring. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 226, No. 731. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.