Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumrahan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumrahan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94672, -7.93263
- SMR number
- LE032-013----
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 just off the crest of the S-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 23m plus E-W; 20.4m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-2.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; Wth of base 1.75m; ext. D 0.2-0.3m). The original entrance is not identified.
See the attached aerial view taken from the ENE.
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.