Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derreen (leitrim By., Annaduff Ed), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreen (leitrim By., Annaduff Ed)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93816, -7.96467
- SMR number
- LE032-038----
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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. This is an overgrown oval area (dims 37m E-W; 28.1m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 4.6m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.4m), and external fosse (at N: Wth of top 2.4m; Wth of base 1m; int. D 0.2m; ext. D 0.3m) NW-NE, and by a low scarp (at S: Wth 4.6m; H 0.85m) and a band of lush vegetation elsewhere, although both these features have melded into the ground at W. The original entrance is not identified, and rath (LE032-039----) is c. 50m to the SE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.