Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a knoll (H flush at N to 3.4m at S) towards the bottom of a S-facing slope, with an E-W stream immediately to the S. This was recorded as a bivallate enclosure in 1945 (OSFM). It is now an oval grass and rush-covered area (int. dims c. 36m E-W; c. 22m N-S) overlain by a N-S field bank W of the centre. West of this feature it is visible as a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 22.5m N-S; 12m E-W) surrounded successively by bands of light (Wth 4.6m), lush (Wth 5.5m) and light vegetation (Wth 1.2m) SW-N, but E of the field bank only slight traces of the outer bank as a slight outer scarp survives

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

OSFM. Ordnance Survey Field Memorandums. A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.