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Ringfort - rath

Kiltycarney, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kiltycarney, 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
Kiltycarney
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.93760, -8.03966
SMR number
LE031-119----

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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 towards the top of a NW-facing slope in improved pasture. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 22m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by the slight remains of an earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 6m; Wth of top 2.1m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.15m) NW-E-SW which merges into a N-S field bank at W. A fosse (at NE: Wth of top 5.9m; Wth of base 1.9m; D 0.2m) is traceable NW-N-SE (upslope). A limestone rock (L 0.7m NE-SW; Wth 0.45m NW-SE; H 0.35m) is earthfast, off-centre to the E, but an original entrance cannot be identified. Rath (LE031-110----) is c. 35m to the E, and rath (LE031-053----) is c. 65m to the N.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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