Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Millpark, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Millpark
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94817, -7.97706
- SMR number
- LE032-008----
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
Located on the lower NW-facing slope of a drumlin, with a small meandering N-S stream c. 40m to the W. This was described in 1991 (SMR file) a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 28.4m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by scarp (at S: Wth 4.8m; H 0.6m; at N: Wth 5.6m; H 1m). The original entrance is not identified, and it has been excluded from forestry since c. 2005 (OSAP).
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: 23 September 2008
Amended: 5 December 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.