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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
53.92878, -8.01201
SMR number
LE031-107----

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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 a rise in the flood-plain of the N-S River Shannon, although the ground rises c. 50m to the E. It is on the E bank and the river diverts around it a little N-W, so it may be on a plug of rock-outcrop, although none is visible at the surface. It was first identified by S. Curran from a LIDaR survey conducted for Leitrim County Council in advance of a proposed by-pass on the N4 around Carrick-on-Shannon.
This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 34.4m N-S; 26.1m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.2m; int. H 0.1m at W to 0.8m at N; ext. H 1.5m at W to 2.2m at N) with bushes W-N, and by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 8.9-9.4m; int. D 0.4-0.6m; ext. D 0.1-0.5m) N-SSE, but the original perimeter cannot be traced elsewhere. The limit is defined by an E-W field bank at S (L c. 25m) and a N-S scarp (L c. 22m) at W. There is no visible entrance. There is a berm (Wth 2-4m) at the base of the bank W-N, between it and the channel of the river.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 9 April, 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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