Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Finiskil, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Finiskil
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95786, -7.88862
- SMR number
- LE032-015----
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 S-facing spine of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 20m) that slopes down to the SE. Ii is defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 1.15m; ext. H 2.2m) and an external water-logged fosse (at N: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 1m) which had been filled in NE-E. The original entrance is not recognised and the W side had been damaged.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.