Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Townparks, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94954, -8.09907
- SMR number
- LE031-099----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On the bank of the River Shannon. Indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map where it is named 'Fort'; it is represented as a circular enclosure on the latest edition of the OS 6-inch map. Described as the remains of an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; H c. 0.8m) surviving NW-E (C c. 30m) (OSFM), the site is now occupied by a waterworks.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
Updated by: Paul Walsh
Revised date of upload: 17 February 2015
References
OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Mausoleumunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.