Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lavagh (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavagh (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94155, -7.99351
- SMR number
- LE032-018----
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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
Situated on a slight SW-facing slope. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 29.5m E-W; 29m N-S; int. diam. 27.5m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank and hedge (at E: Wth of base 3.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.3m; at N: Wth of base 4.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext H 0.4m) NW-E-SW, with an external fosse (Wth of base 1.2m; ext. D 0.4m) NW-NE. The perimeter is formed by a slight scarp (H 0.7m) S-NW. An entrance gap at S could be the original entrance and the monument is circumscribed by a field bank NE-S. Rath (LE032-019----) is c. 35m to the E, and rath (LE032-021----) is c. 120m to the SSE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.