Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsna
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92605, -8.00262
- SMR number
- LE031-087----
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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 towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims. 28.75m NE-SW; 22.75m NW-SE) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (Wth 4.75m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.95m) and a flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth at base 2.9m; D 0.5m) which becomes indistinct at S. Rath (LE031-086----) is c. 100m to the W. Archaeological testing (02E1235) c. 100m to the SE produced no archaeological material (Halpin 2004).
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 upload: 24 April, 2013
References
Halpin, E. 2004 Drumsna. No archaeoligical significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, No. 1054, P 289. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
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- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.