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Ringfort - rath

Tully (Leitrim By., Carrick-on-Shannon ED), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tully, 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
Tully (Leitrim By., Carrick-on-Shannon ED)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.93066, -8.03336
SMR number
LE031-097----

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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

Located on the W bank of a S-N portion of the River Shannon where it flows N from Jamestown. This is an overgrown D-shaped area (int. dims 41m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-7m; int. H 0.6-1.2m; ext. H 1.1-2m) and an outer fosse S-W-N, but the fosse is best preserved at N (Wth of top 10m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.6m). The bank and fosse back on to the river at E but stop c. 10m from it. The E edge of the interior is formed by a distinct scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.4m), the result of erosion caused by flooding. The fosse is slightly truncated by a N-S road at W and has been recut as a drain at S. The original entrance is not identified.

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: 17 October 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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