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Ringfort - rath

Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumsna, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumsna
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.92568, -8.00445
SMR number
LE031-086----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a circular enclosure only on the OS 25-inch map. This site is located just off the crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is visible as a circular area (diam. 25.2m NE-SW; 23.4m NW-SE) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4-8m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.3m) S-N-E that is reduced to a scarp (at SE: H 0.4m) elsewhere. This perimeter is surrounded by a fosse (Wth of top 4.3-7m; Wth of base 2.5-3.8m; D 0.1m) W-N-E which is visilbe as a wet area elsewhere. There is no visible entrance. Rath (LE031-087----) is c. 100m to the E and rath (LE031-086001-) is immediately to the SW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 15 December 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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