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
- 53.93285, -7.94687
- SMR number
- LE032-043----
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
Situated on the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This was described in 1991 (SMR file) as a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 18.4m N-S; 17.6m E-W) defined by a broad, overgrown earthen bank (Wth 7m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) with an external fosse (Wth at base 1-2m; D 0.6m). It had largely eroded away by 2019.
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.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 18 September 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
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.