Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortconnellan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortconnellan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93213, -8.00050
- SMR number
- LE031-070----
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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 top of a rise which is in a col between drumlins c. 300m to the NE and c. 400m to the SW. This is a grass-covered circular earthen platform (diam. 31m) defined by a scarp that is best preserved (H 0.8m) E-S, with a slight berm (Wth 2m) at its base at S. An original entrance is not identified, and the perimeter is truncated slightly by a farm shed at SW. Rath (LE031-071----) is c. 100m to the E.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.