Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Headford, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Headford
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93429, -7.97867
- SMR number
- LE032-035----
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 SW-facing slope of a drumlin. A circular embanked enclosure is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and it is represented as the hachured arc of a bank SW-W-NE on the 1945 revision. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (dims c. 32m E-W; c. 27m N-S) defined by a slight scarp.
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
- House - 17th/18th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.