Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bunny Beg, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunny Beg
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93382, -7.95503
- SMR number
- LE032-042----
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 towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 35.25m E-W; 34.15m N-S; int. diam. 32,4m E-W; 32.2m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.4m at E to 1m W; ext. H 0.8m at N to 1.5m at E and W) which is reduced to a scarp (at S: Wth 2.4m; H 0.8m) E-S, with an external fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; Wth of base 1.5-2.3m; ext. D 0.2m at N to 0.5m generally) SW-N-SE. There is an entrance gap at NNW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.